Five Hurt in Washington Mill Explosion
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An explosion at a Simpson Timber Co. (search) mill injured five people Wednesday morning, a police dispatcher said.
One of the injured was flown to Harborview Medical Center (search) in Seattle (search). The dispatcher said the explosion, reported shortly before 8 a.m., occurred in a compressor unit.
Simpson spokeswoman Bev Holland said she did not immediately have any details about the explosion.
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"It's all smoke. The whole mill is covered in smoke," nearby resident Mike Robbins told KCPQ-TV, the local Fox affiliate.