Three power plant workers at the Salem Harbor Power Station in Salem died overnight after being severely burned when a water tube they were near burst releasing high pressure steam which burned the men on the head, face, neck and hands just before 9am EST yesterday. The three men, Mark Mansfield, 41, of Peabody, Phillip Robinson, 56, of Beverly and Matthew Indeglia, 20, of Lawrence were first rushed to the North Shore Medical Center in Salem before being transported to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston were they died overnight. The boiler involved is 50 years old and  according to plant officials, is inspected yearly and according to the Salem Fire Department , they have received 19 calls concerning the boiler over the past five years, this is normal according to the fire department  . The area were the explosion occurred was last inspected in April. The boiler tubes carry high-pressure water and steam to turn the turbine generators, which spin to produce electricity.
Three power plant workers at the Salem Harbor Power Station in Salem died overnight after being severely burned when a water tube they were near burst releasing high pressure steam which burned the men on the head, face, neck and hands just before 9 a.m. EST yesterday. The three men, Mark Mansfield, 41, of Peabody, Phillip Robinson, 56, of Beverly and Matthew Indeglia, 20, of Lawrence were first rushed to the North Shore Medical Center in Salem before being transported to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston where they died overnight. The boiler involved is 50 years old and , according to plant officials, is inspected yearly . The Salem Fire Department said they have received 19 calls concerning the boiler over the past five years, which, according to the fire department , is not unusual . The area where the explosion occurred was last inspected in April. The boiler tubes carry high-pressure water and steam to turn the turbine generators, which spin to produce electricity.
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