GA: Two Killed As Tank Explodes at Asphalt Plant

Ellijay, GA, United States

4/15/2000- 12:00 PM

The explosion killed two men, according to Margie Buchanan, dispatcher for Gilmer County emergency management.

The explosion occurred at Colwell Construction Company.

The cause is being investigated. The victims were identified as David C. Totten, 47, of Blairsville and Leonard Gene Carter, 46, of Haynesville, N.C.

The plant is between the towns of Ellijay and Blue Ridge, about 80 miles north of Atlanta.

Fire and rescue teams from two counties worked to extinguish the fire.

http://chemsafety.gov/circ/post.cfm?incident_id=4803

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