Fifth body found in refinery blast
As crews pulled another body from the charred remnants of a sugary refinery, families and co-workers waited anxiously for identities of the five dead and the fate of the three men still missing.
They also hoped for any sign of recovery among the worst injured in the explosion and fire, which left 20 workers hospitalized with severe burns, 17 of them in medically induced comas.
“It’s just hours of waiting right now,” said Hallie Capers, whose two nephews were in critical condition at a burn center in Augusta, 130 miles up the Savannah River.
The blast Thursday left much of the massive plant dangerously unstable, and crews had to shore up the sagging upper floors of a four-story building before resuming the search for the missing men.
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