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3 grain elevator victims still hospitalized
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Posted: Thursday, April 23, 2015 4:54 pm
SouthBendTribune.com
LACROSSE — Three of the four people injured in a Co-Alliance grain elevator blast in LaCrosse last week remained hospitalized Thursday, but are improving.
Jonah Pacione, 19, and Emilio Galicia, 34, remained patients at the St. Joseph Burn Center in Fort Wayne.
Pacione was still listed in critical condition,” said Sheryl Mourey, the burn unit’s nursing supervisor. Galicia was in serious but stable condition. “Both of these gentlemen are doing much better,” however, said Mourey.
Chris Fort, 26, was taken to Porter Regional Hospital near Valparaiso and later was transferred to the Loyola Burn Center in Chicago where he was listed Thursday in good condition.
Craig Chase, 34, was released from Porter Regional Hospital several hours after the explosion.
Efforts were still ongoing Thursday to stabilize the 175-foot-tall feed mill so investigators can safely go inside the concrete structure and begin looking for a cause of the explosion, said John Graham, chief financial officer for Co-Alliance.
About half of the concrete feed mill operation on the east side was blown off in the April 16 blast while damage to the east side of the structure was less extensive, despite a gaping hole at the top.
On Tuesday, firefighters were called back due to some still smoldering grain in the basement that flared up from winds in excess of 40 mph.
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