US EditionFire is still raging at a Nebraska biofuels plant where explosion left 3 missing
FREMONT, NEBRASKA, JUL 30 – Rescue teams face structural collapse and heavy smoke while searching for a father and his two daughters missing after the explosion at a biofuels plant, officials said.
- On Tuesday, three people remain missing after an explosion at Horizon Biofuels plant in Fremont, Nebraska, as fire smolders for days and smoke rises over the community.
- The Horizon Biofuels plant in Fremont, Nebraska, stores wood waste and alcohol-based materials, with the cause of the explosion under investigation, investigators say.
- Efforts to reach the missing have been stalled as Fremont Fire Chief Todd Bernt said nine fire departments and Nebraska Task Force One arrived, hindered by heavy smoke and flames.
- Gov. Jim Pillen said on X that Nebraska will monitor the explosion, and officials assured residents that drinking water remains safe.
- Even as the fire burns, Nebraska Task Force One, based in Lincoln, plans to tunnel through debris if needed, as officials warn the search could take days.
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Explosion at Nebraska Biofuel Plant Kills 3, Including 2 Girls
Three people, including two young girls who were waiting for a relative to finish work, died on Tuesday in an explosion at a biofuel plant in Fremont, Neb., that rocked the small city and left the plant on fire more than a day later, officials said on Wednesday. The local authorities received calls just before noon on Tuesday saying that a plant owned by Horizon Biofuels had exploded, Joey Spellerberg, the mayor of Fremont, told reporters on Tue…
Nebraska plant explosion killed 2 girls and an employee, with fire still burning
FREMONT, Neb. — Two girls were waiting for a relative to finish work at a Nebraska biofuel plant when all three were killed in a massive explosion that shook the town, officials said Wednesday. The fire was still smoldering more than a day later and crews say they can't safely enter the building's unstable wreckage to recover the remains.
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Spectrum NewsNebraska plant explosion killed 2 girls and an employee, as fire still burns
Fremont Mayor Joey Spellerberg said he wasn't sure of the girls' exact ages but said both were under age 12.
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