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    10 injured after explosion, roof collapse at Chicago plant

    Second big accident today.

    CHICAGO (AP) — Ten people were seriously injured Thursday when an explosion caused a section of roof to collapse at a Chicago water reclamation plant, trapping two of the injured people inside, authorities said.
    Firefighters pulled one person out shortly after the collapse at the one-story brick building on Chicago’s far South Side. It took about two hours to rescue the second person, who was “buried and entombed” by fallen debris, Chicago Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago said.


    Paramedics attended to the man while specially trained firefighters tunneled beneath the rubble to reach him and remove a metal beam from his legs. The man, who remained conscious, suffered a broken jaw and leg and was airlifted to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was in critical condition.
    The other people who were injured were taken to hospitals in serious-to-critical condition, Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said.
    The explosion occurred shortly before 11 a.m. at the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant’s sludge concentration building, according to a statement from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, which operates the plant.

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