3 injured in fire that destroyed Nebraska fertilizer plant
HASTINGS, Nebraska (AP) — A lightning strike at a Nebraska fertilizer plant set off a large fire that injured three truck drivers sleeping in the parking lot and destroyed the unoccupied factory, officials said Friday. The fire was reported about 11:30 p.m. Thursday at the Cooperative Producers Inc. dry fertilizer plant in Hastings, about 160 miles west of Omaha. Crews worked most of the night and