Photos: Firefighters Respond to Fatal Manteno (IL) Grain Bin Accident

Rescue crews recovered one victim and rescued another.

Fire photographer Tim Olk shared some photos of firefighters responding to the scene of a grain bin incident that took the life of one person last week.

According to a report on ABC 7 Chicago, a 58-year-old worker who fell into a Kankakee County grain bin and died. A second employee fell in while trying to assist, but crews were able to retrieve that person.

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All photos by Tim Olk. More: https://olkee.smugmug.com/

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