One person has been released from a Seattle hospital after an electrical equipment malfunction at a Washington Dam explosion yesterday.
Five other workers are still being treated for burns. The Priest Rapids Dam on the Columbia River generates power for the Grant Public Utility District near Mattawa.
Utility district spokesman Thomas Stredwick said the employees were injured Thursday afternoon in a possible electrical explosion at the dam. The six have various levels of injuries with some flown to area hospitals and others transported by ambulance for treatment.
Stredwick said the structure of the dam is stable and no one down the river is at risk.
Multiple agencies have responded to the incident including the Hanford Fire Department.
The Priest Rapids Dam opened in 1959 and is operated by the Grant County Public Utility District. It’s located about 20 miles south of Interstate 90.
The Labor and Industries investigation is expected to take several weeks.