(Sibley)– Officials are still investigating the cause of an explosion that injured five men performing electrical work at a manufacturing plant in Sibley.
Timwell Drainage officials were still looking for answers Monday.
The accident was reported shortly before noon on Saturday. It happened while workers were switching power lines to a new transformer, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities say the unidentified victims have varying degrees of burns. Two of the men work for Timewell, which makes field drainage products, and the other three work for Current Electric in Sibley.
All five were taken to a hospital in Sibley. One was released, two were airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital and two were taken to a Minneapolis hospital.
(From the Associated Press.)
