Coroner: Workers suffocated in power plant fire
DENVER (AP) ” Five workers trapped by a fire in a water tunnel at a hydroelectric plant died from asphyxiation because of the smoke, the Clear Creek County coroner said.
The men died Oct. 2 while working to coat the inside of the pipeline with a mixture of epoxy and paint in order to prevent corrosion. Four men escaped.
The epoxy and paint mixture was kept in a hopper to warm it up so it would flow through a sprayer. The workers were having trouble spraying it so they added a solvent to the hopper and the hopper’s heating element inadvertently turned on, igniting the vapors.
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Glenwood Springs to host virtual town hall Thursday, March 11
Imagine Glenwood and The City of Glenwood Springs is slated to host a virtual town hall at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11.
