2 injured in blast at grain elevator
WARSAW -- Investigators are trying to figure out what caused an explosion and fire that injured two people near a grain dryer at a storage elevator in the western Illinois town of Warsaw.
The names of the victims of Wednesday's blast weren't immediately released. KHQA-TV says one of them was airlifted with burns to a Quincy hospital, while the other was treated at another hospital for minor injuries.
There's no word on the victims' conditions Thursday.
Fire Chief Steve Siegrist tells the Daily Gate City of Keokuk, Iowa, that conditions can make grain susceptible to fire. But the fire's cause remains unknown.
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