ATCHISON, KS (AP) -- Crews have suspended rescue efforts for three people missing since an explosion at a northeast Kansas grain elevator that killed three workers and injured two.
Atchison City Manager Trey Cocking says the search was suspended Sunday while crews waited for more specialized equipment to help in the search at the Bartlett Grain Co. elevator.
Cocking said earlier that the company had been weighing whether it was safe to send rescue teams into the facility, which sustained significant damage in the Saturday night explosion.
With smoke still billowing from the facility Sunday, train traffic past the elevator was being rerouted.
Among the missing are one worker from the elevator company and two state grain inspectors.
The family of one of the grain inspectors who is unaccounted for waited Sunday at the site for news.
Gary Keil, of Salina, said his son, 34-year-old Travis Keil is a state grain inspector missing since the explosion.
He said the family is praying for his safe return.
Two other victims who were admitted to the burn unit of University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., were listed in critical condition Sunday morning.
Cocking says four other people associated with the explosion escaped without injuries.
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