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Man injured in electrical accident at dam

A Bureau of Reclamation employee was flown to Harborview Medical Center with injuries after a fire Monday in the John W. Keys III Pump Generating Plant, which a bureau press release said is believed to have been caused by a switch gear failure.

Another employee is being treated locally for smoke inhalation.

All plant employees were evacuated and acrid smoke rose out of the pump generating plant ar...

 
 

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