Ammonia Leak Evacuates IBP Plant West of Holcomb
Seven workers treated none seriously after an ammonia leak in a refrigerated unit at the Iowa Beef Processors plant near Holcomb. EMS transported seven employees to St Catherine Hospital while crews evacuated hundreds and secured the site. Rescue teams checked for two missing workers, later found safe as highway 50 stayed open.
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Holcomb
Iowa
John Villalva
St Catherine Hospital
Kansas Highway Patrol
Finney County Sheriff's Office
Garden City Fire Department
Charles Harness
IBP
Western Kansas wheat crop on the ropes
Western Kansas wheat faces heavy losses from a cold snap, hail, drought and winter kill. Ag officials estimate Finney County alone could see a 24 million dollar drop, with many counties filing disaster applications as farmers wait for warmer weather to reveal full damage. President Bush? No. (Note: trailing line indicates continuation.)
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Tim Unruh
Mother Nature
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Finney County
Otis Griggs
Gerald Greene
Garden City Experiment Station
Cheyenne County
Morton County
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Scott County
ASCS
Goodland
Wallace County
Gray County
Cimarron
Stevens
Hugoton
Stanton
Johnson
Grant
Ulysses
Seward
Betty Floyd
Ulysses Ascs
Liberal
Robert Rice
Jean Wooden
Kearny County
Lakin
Griggs
Holcomb
Greene
Carlin
Ascs Emergency Board
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Finney County Emergency Medical Service
Dennis Lundgren
Hoovers
Adv
Milo
Robert Widows
Garden City
Paul Estrada
Blackfoot
Finney