Seven injured in blast at Colorado steel mill

Published May 30, 2021 12:00am ET



A total of seven people were injured after an explosion rocked a Colorado steel mill on Saturday.

Firefighters arrived at the scene at approximately 6 p.m. and later discovered that a “cooling system failure” in a furnace led to the incident, Assistant Chief Keith Miller of the Pueblo Fire Department told KKTV. Authorities searched for victims, and the wounded were able to walk out on their own.

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