Seven Suffer Burns at Wisconsin Foundry Explosion

An explosion and fire at Johnson Brass and Machine Foundry Saukville injured seven workers on Monday afternoon, reports Fox 6 Milwaukee.

Officials say the explosion happened just after 4 p.m. Apparently molten metal was being poured into a cast and it was spinning around. They say all of a sudden, it exploded, and knocked several people off a platform. Those victims were burned.

A fire started in one corner of the building — and the foundry was immediately evacuated.

During a briefing, officials say of the seven people who were hurt, two were flown by Flight for Life to Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital — which has a burn center.

Two more were transported to Columbia St. Mary’s by ambulance.

That brings the total number of patients at Columbia to four.

A Communications Coordinator for Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital in Saukville tells FOX6 News three patients are being evaluated in the hospital’s burn unit, and one patient is being evaluated in the hospital’s emergency department.

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