NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Five people sustained minor injuries in an explosion at an Idaho sugar beet processing facility Monday morning.
Amalgamated Sugar spokeswoman Jessica Anderson says four workers received first aid at the Nampa plant after the explosion, and the fifth worker was taken to a nearby hospital as a precaution.
The explosion happened in the sugar beet pulp steam dryer at the facility.
All of the employees were wearing fire-protection gear at the time, which is the normal procedure for opening the steam dryer.
Amalgamated Sugar is the second-largest sugar beet processor in the United States.
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