Another Body Found at Illinois Factory; Death Toll Reaches 3

Another Body Found at Illinois Factory; Death Toll Reaches 3

Debris can be seen as emergency personnel and others search and clear the scene of an explosion and fire at AB Specialty Silicones chemical plant in Waukegan, Ill., on May 4, 2019. Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune via AP

WAUKEGAN, Illinois—Search and recovery personnel found the body of another worker Sunday in the rubble of a northern Illinois silicone factory that exploded and burst into flames two days earlier, bringing the death toll to three employees with one more body believed to be in the debris, a fire official said.

Waukegan Fire Marshal Steve Lenzi told a news conference that the body was found as first responders resumed searching in hazardous conditions in the debris from the AB Specialty Silicones plant in Waukegan, about 50 miles north of Chicago.