Flash Fire Burns Four Workers.....

A small chemical fire inside an aluminium rolling mill in the United States injured four people last Tuesday afternoon. The fire was located in the coating line area of the plant while performing maintenance on equipment.

“We had four people, who were contract workers and not our employees, doing routine maintenance in the coating line area,” company spokes person said. “All four were injured.”

Emergency crews at the scene said three of the workers were taken to a local hospital, where they were being treated for minor burns. A fourth worker was flown to 120 miles to a hospital burn center.

Officials said the man flown to the hospital burn center could have sustained inhalation injuries. Medical personnel at the scene said the man was talking and conscious before the flight.

EMS officials said the fire may have involved a solvent. According to the Fire Marshal, the fire began as workers were doing routine cutting. 

“Apparently it was a quick flash fire that could have come from a spark that hit the chemical,” Fire Marshal said.

 “It didn’t take them long,” Fire Marshal said. Reports indicate firefighters left the scene just before 3 p.m. The investigation into the fire is continuing. “We are in the initial phases of trying to determine what happened and exactly what caused the fire."