Seventeen workers injured in the explosion on Thursday at the Imperial Sugar refinery near Savannah remained hospitalized Sunday in critical condition with severe burns. Three others were released Sunday, said Beth Frits of the Joseph M. Burn Center in Augusta.
One of the critically injured, 49-year-old Gene Daniel Bryan Jr., moved his head Sunday in response to relatives, even though he was in a medically induced coma, said his sister, Penny Daley.
Bryan, a supervisor, led several of his employees to an exit but they had to flee down a staircase that was engulfed in flames, Daley said in a telephone interview.
"It's hard to say it makes it all worth it, but I'm just glad to say he was able to help somebody," Daley said.Sugar that was still burning three days after the refinery explosion that killed at least five people hampered the search for three other workers, missing since the blast leveled portions of the plant.
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(The Associated Press)
