ATCHISON, Kan. – Crews temporarily suspended their search Sunday for three people missing since an explosion at a Kansas grain elevator that killed three workers and left two critically injured with severe burns.
Atchison City Manager Trey Cocking said officials with Bartlett Grain Co. decided it was unsafe for anyone to be inside the facility until later Sunday, when some heavy equipment was expected to arrive to assist them.
The explosion blew off a chunk of a grain distribution building that sits directly above the elevator, and Cocking said officials were fearful the building could fall on top of rescue crews amid the search. The efforts were already called off overnight because of darkness.
“It’s a fairly dangerous situation. We don’t feel comfortable putting fire crews in,” Cocking said.
Although crews were considering the effort a recovery mission, Cocking said they hadn’t given up hope that the one elevator company worker and two state
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