Plant staff were placed on a three-hour standby to ascertain the cause of the explosion and determine if a return to regular operation was an option.
TATUM, Texas — Volunteer fire departments from Tatum and Church Hill rushed to Tatum’s Martin Creek Power Plant Saturday evening in response to a reported explosion at the site.
Reports from the Rusk County Office of Emergency Management and Rusk County Fire Marshal, Patrick Dooley state that an on-site pre boiler exploded leaving two workers with minor injuries and one sent to a nearby hospital. Those injuries were non-life threatening.
Plant staff were placed on a three-hour standby to ascertain the cause of the explosion and determine if a return to regular operation was an option.
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