Friday, March 14, 2008

A Month After Explosion at Sugar Refinery, 13th Victim Dies

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Officials said another burn patient has died of injuries suffered in an explosion and fire at a sugar refinery, bringing the death toll to 13. A little more than a month after the Feb. 7 blast at the Imperial Sugar plant in Port Wentworth, six other patients remained Friday in critical condition at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital in Augusta.Four are in serious condition.

Source: News4Jax
How heartbreaking for the family members to have their loved ones go through so much fighting to survive and then, after all that they have been through, to die. My deepest sympathies to you all.

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