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The elevator exploded just before 7 p.m. Saturday. Two others are in critical condition at KU Med Center with severe burns.
Rescue efforts suspended at Atchison grain elevator (Kansas City Star)
Three dead, three missing in grain elevator explosion (Atchison Daily Globe)
Rescue efforts suspended at Atchison grain elevator (Kansas City Star)
more at link aboveATCHISON, Kan. | Crews temporarily suspended their search today 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.
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The explosion could be seen and felt across Atchison, shaking homes and businesses up to four miles away. The cause was not immediately known, though grain elevator accidents can occur after grain dust becomes suspended in the air and turns explosive in the right conditions.
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Three dead, three missing in grain elevator explosion (Atchison Daily Globe)