2 die after Monday's explosion at Beauceville lumber plant
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Two men in their 50s have succumbed to their injuries and died following Monday's explosion at a wood-manufacturing plant in Beauceville, Que.
Eight people were injured in the incident.
Six people suffered injuries so serious that they had to be intubated and transferred to the trauma unit at the Enfant-Jésus Hospital in Quebec City for more specialized care.
Two of those patients died on Tuesday and two others remain in critical condition, the Sûreté du Québec says in a statement.
"The investigation is continuing to determine the exact causes and circumstances of this fire," the statement says.
Investigators with Quebec's workplace health and safety board (CNESST) were on the scene Tuesday alongside the SQ to examine the evidence.
Police and firefighters were called to the site of the incident at 134th Street around 7:30 a.m. Monday.
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