SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN – Workers at an oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, were evacuated because of concerns of a tower collapse.
The Husky Energy Refinery is being rebuilt after major damage from an explosion and fire in 2018. Police say that while crews were working on a tower Thursday they heard a pop and realized there was a defect in the “tower’s structural integrity.”
The company says the tower was moving in the wind. Workers were evacuated as a precaution, electric and gas service was turned off and the road adjacent to the refinery was closed.
Husky Energy says it’s developing a plan to investigate the problem.
