Three dead after water pipe explosion at Salem power plant

[Ian David]

SALEM, Mass. -- Three workers died after they were severely burned by high pressure steam when a water tube exploded on a boiler at Salem Harbor Power Station, authorities said Wednesday.

Dominion, the Richmond, Va.-based energy company that owns the power station, said the men were working on the ground floor near the boiler on Tuesday when the tube ruptured about 20 feet above and blew steam on them. The men suffered severe burns on their heads, hands, faces and necks.

Matthew Indeglia, 20, who has addresses in Lawrence and Townsend; Mark Mansfield, 41, of Peabody; and Phillip Robinson, 56, of Beverly, died after being taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, according to Salem police Detective John Doyle.


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"All of Dominion is greatly saddened at the deaths of these men," said Thomas F. Farrell II, Dominion chairman, president and chief executive officer. "They were valuable members of our Salem Harbor family. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families."

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The coal-fired plant was purchased by Dominion in 2005. It employs 145 people and produces enough electricity for 740,000 homes.





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