INDIANA NEWS
01/09/2009
Authorities say six people were hurt by an explosion and fire at a furniture factory in the southern Indiana city of Jasper.
Jasper Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center said the six people it was treating do not have life-threatening injuries.
Fire Chief Kenny Hochgesang (HOKE'-sang) says the explosion Friday at the Indiana Laminate plant caused a fire that has been extinguished. He says some walls collapsed. What caused the explosion is unclear.
The first 911 call came into police at 7:19 a.m.
Jasper is about 50 miles northeast of Evansville.
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