Overview

• Three workers remain unaccounted for after the midday blast on July 29 at the wood-pellet manufacturing plant.
• Fire and rescue teams have struggled to penetrate hot spots and twisted steel, delaying interior searches for survivors.
• Nebraska Task Force One has joined local fire crews in planning a secure entry route into the collapsed structure.
• A three-mile perimeter remains enforced by state patrol to keep residents away while officials deem water and air safe.
• State Fire Marshal’s Office is conducting a multi-agency probe to determine how combustible materials triggered the explosion.