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TexasTowelie

(112,070 posts) Sun Nov 24, 2019, 07:02 AM Nov 2019

Four injured in explosion at Dippin' Dots factory in Kentucky

Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Four employees of the Dippin' Dots ice cream production facility were hurt in an explosion at the factory in Paducah, Ky., on Friday night.

One person is still in the hospital and another was released early Saturday morning, WPSD in Kentucky reported Saturday.

Dippin' Dots Vice President of Administration and Human Resources Steve Heisner told reporters he could not release information about the types of injuries the workers suffered.

Officials have not definitively announced the cause of the explosion, but have said there was a nitrogen leak in the building. Liquid nitrogen is used to make the flash-frozen ice cream pellets.

Read more: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/11/23/Four-injured-in-explosion-at-Dippin-Dots-factory-in-Kentucky/8871574538227/

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targetpractice

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1. Am I having a stroke?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Nov 24, 2019, 07:22 AM

Nov 2019

I hope these Dippin' Dots folks will be okay.

But, I just woke up really early for some reason.... Thought I'd check my email and DU, and everything I've read online for the last 30 minutes is really nuts.