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Three people were killed and dozens more injured on June 9, 2009, in an explosion at a ConAgra Foods plant in Garner that makes Slim Jim beef jerky products.
The three victims in the ConAgra Foods plant explosion died from head and chest injuries from the June 9 explosion, according to autopsy results released Thursday.
Hundred of people gathered Monday at Johnston Community College to say goodbye to Louis Junior Watson, 33, of Clayton.
Funerals were scheduled Sunday for Barbara McLean Spears, 43, of Dunn and Rachel Mae Poston-Pulley, 67, of Clayton. The third victim, Louis Junior Watson, 33, of Clayton, will be honored in a service Monday at Johnston Community College auditorium.
Local clergy and officials remembered killed and injured ConAgra Foods employees during a candlelight vigil Friday night at Wake Baptist Grove Church, at 302 E Main St.
Family members of ConAgra Foods employee Louis Junior Watson said Wednesday they were told he died while helping a co-worker try to escape.
ConAgra employee Tracy Hinton said she found the strength to crawl out of the Garner plant on Tuesday by thinking of her 6-year-old daughter.
ConAgra officials have set up a fund to help employees and their families who need extra assistance. The company is asking its 25,000 nationwide employees to contribute. ConAgra's corporate office is donating $100,000 to the fund.
Some of the patients suffered burns over 40 to 60 percent of their bodies, Dr. Bruce Cairns said.
Authorities have recovered the bodies of three people killed in a Tuesday explosion at a Garner food plant.
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