One person was killed and another injured in a fire and explosion at a petroleum plant in south suburban Lemont Tuesday morning.
The Will County Coroner's Office identified the man killed in the Lemont petroleum plant fire and explosion as 25-year-old Dru A. Worker of Homewood.One person was killed and another injured in a fire and explosion at a petroleum plant in south suburban Lemont Tuesday morning, the Will County Sheriff's Office said.The sheriff's office said an explosion possibly took place in an asphalt tank at the Seneca Petroleum plant.
OSHA officials told the ABC7 I-Team that both the person who died and the person who was injured were contractors on-site with M&J released a statement on the incident, writing, "We are deeply saddened to confirm that one of our team members died and one was injured today while working at a customer site in Lemont. We are heartbroken and devastated by this tragedy.
"Dru was a State Champion for the Bulldogs and an All-State wrestler at Mt. Carmel. He was currently an assistant coach at Andrew High School, and was helping wrestlers in Freestyle and Greco as recently as practice last night. We will miss you Dru. Our hearts go out to the Worker family," they wrote.
"Man, it's going to be rough, but we got to be strong at stick together," said Edward Ortiz, Bulldogs coach."It's going to be a loss in the community. Somebody who volunteers their time, you know, especially with the kids. It's going to be rough for the kids. I feel for them," he said.The sheriff's office said multiple agencies responded, and the fire was put out after several hours.
ComEd also responded to the scene to evaluate any damage after the explosion downed some power lines.OSHA and ComEd were also called to the scene. Seneca Petroleum did not previously have any OSHA violations at the Lemont location.
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