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5796 E 3RD AVE N, AURORA, MN 55705
Standard 5206070001
Standard 19260850 E
Standard 19260021 B02
Standard 19260020 B03
Standard 5206070001
Standard 5206070001
Initial $11,610
Standard 19260021 B02
Standard 19260021 B02
Standard 19260350 J
Three employees killed in explosion
At approximately 8:15 a.m. on November 17, 1993, three employees of J.J. Holmes Enterprises were performing demolition and salvage work at a site where blasting agents had been manufactured. Using a gas arc, the employees began to cut a 2,0 00 cubic foot capacity metal silo that had once held blasting agents. Shortly af ter, an uncontrolled explosion of unknown origin and undetermined magnitude occu rred. Employees #1, #2, and #3 were killed.
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