One of the 17 burn victims of last week's sugar plant explosion has died. 40-year-old Michael Kelly Fields died a little after 2 o'clock this morning at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta. 16 people are still being treated for their injuries at the Center--14 of which are listed as critical.
At the site of the Imperial Sugar Company in Port Wentworth near Savannah, workers recovered a seventh body at the scene Wednesday. Fires in the main building of the refinery were put-out yesterday, but flames were still active in the 80-foot tall silos as of late Wednesday. Georgia Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson are calling on the federal government to launch a complete and thorough investigatioin into the explosion from last Thursday.
At the site of the Imperial Sugar Company in Port Wentworth near Savannah, workers recovered a seventh body at the scene Wednesday. Fires in the main building of the refinery were put-out yesterday, but flames were still active in the 80-foot tall silos as of late Wednesday. Georgia Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson are calling on the federal government to launch a complete and thorough investigatioin into the explosion from last Thursday.
