COLUMBUS (AP) — Firefighters say an explosion and fire at a paint manufacturer’s plant overnight left one worker dead and eight people injured.
Columbus Battalion Chief Steve Martin says officials are investigating what caused the explosion shortly after midnight Thursday at the Yenkin-Majestic Paint facility at 1920 Leonard Avenue.
Authorities say some of those hurt were able to get out of the plant. Others were rescued and taken to the hospital.
Martin says they were in stable condition Thursday.
He says the fire was extinguished, and a 44-year-old employee named Wendell Light was found dead in the rubble of the collapsed building.