Multiple Injuries in Explosion at Minnesota Truck Plant

DODGE CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A truck plant explosion in a small southeastern Minnesota town injured six people Wednesday but many more employees could have been hurt, authorities said. Many employees at McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing Inc. in Dodge Center who would have been in the area of the paint shop explosion were off-site at a training exercise when the blast happened around 10:30 a.m., Dodge County Sheriff Scott Rose said. Emergency responders talk outside McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing after a possible explosion Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Dodge Center, Minn. (Andrew Link/Rochester Post Bulletin via AP) Six people were injured, Rose said. Two were flown by medical helicopter to a St. Paul hospital and two were taken by ambulance to a Rochester hospital. Their conditions were not immediately available. Another two were being treated at the scene for minor medical issues, the sheriff said. McNeilus is part of Oshkosh Corp. in Wisconsin. Oshkosh Corp. spokeswoman Katie Hoxtell said five injured employees were "under medical care." She said she could not give details. Rose said it's his understanding "it was quite an explosion." All employees have been accounted for, he said. A Minnesota State Trooper directs traffic on East Highway Street in front of McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing after a possible explosion Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Dodge Center, Minn. (Andrew Link/Rochester Post Bulletin via AP)
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