OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of one of the two people killed by an explosion at a rail car repair facility in Omaha.
The Omaha Police Department identified him as 40-year-old Dallas Faulk.
Tuesday afternoon's blast occurred at the repair shop of GE Capital Rail Services, which is near a BNSF rail yard. The two men worked at Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services, operated by GE Capital Rail.
Battalion Chief Tim McCaw of the Omaha Fire Department says one victim was found on the ground near a tank car. The body of the second worker was retrieved from inside the tank car.
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