A Lower Burrell fire official has shared new details on an explosion just before noon Wednesday at Braeburn Alloy Steel that killed maintenance technician Daniel R. Vakulick and injured two other people.

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One person was killed and three others were injured in an explosion at a steel mill in Westmoreland County. The explosion happened at the Braeburn Alley Steel Division in Lower Burrell. Family members tell KDKA that 20-year-old Daniel Vakulik was killed during the incident.

Two people are injured following an explosion without fire at Braeburn Alloy’s Steel Division in Lower Burrell, according to Westmoreland County 911. A public safety supervisor confirmed the incident at 11:57 a.

LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — A man who was injured in an explosion at a Westmoreland County steel plant has died. On Thursday, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner said Daniel R. Vakulick, 20, of Tarentum, died at Allegheny Valley Hospital on Wednesday at 12:48 p.m.