State Police say findings of autopsies performed on Saturday are consistent, with each victim’s cause of death resulting from injuries received during the explosion.
A supervisor with OSHA was on scene Friday afternoon, and an OSHA investigator has been assigned to investigate the incident. State Police are also continuing their investigation.
Preliminary investigation has shown an explosion resulted in a flash fire and subsequent small fire inside the motor vessel William F Straight.
The explosion and fire claimed the lives of 52-year-old Timothy L. Wright, of Calvert City, 56-year-old Jerome A. Smith, of Thibodaux, Louisiana and 41-year-old Quentin J. Stewart, of Opelousas, Louisiana.
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