BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge General’s Regional Burn Center says two men burned in a fire at a biodiesel refinery in Geismar are getting home for Easter.
Dr. Tracee Short identifies them in a news release Saturday only as 39-year-old Ben, who was being released Saturday, and 57-year-old Brandon, who was to be released Sunday. She says each asked officials to withhold his last name.
The Advocate (https://bit.ly/19T8HVm ) reports that the fire started after a hydraulic pump seal failed about 7 p.m. Thursday.
Renewable Energy Group Inc., based in Ames, Iowa, says on its website that the fire took a few hours to contain and five hours to extinguish.
U.S. Labor Department regional spokeswoman Diana Petterson says the Occupational and Safety Health Administration will investigate the fire.
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