EMPLOYEE BURNED
IN FARMINGTON HILLS, MICHIGAN CONCRETE PLANT DIES
January 16, 2015
A southeast Michigan man has died of severe burns from a
fire at a concrete plant where he was working.
Thirty-seven-year-old Greg Messenger of Temperance died
Thursday night at Detroit Medical Center.
His sister-in-law, Julie Messenger, says the hospital did
everything it could for him.
Greg Messenger was burned on his arms, hands and face
when he was trapped in the fire Jan. 8 in a large storage tower at Piedmont
Concrete in Farmington Hills.
"We are very saddened by his death, especially the
firefighters who went in and got him," said Farmington Hills Fire Chief
Corey Bartsch. "His family and friends did have a chance to say goodbye to
him."
Six others injured in the fire have recovered.
The fire remains under investigation and a cause has not
yet been determined, Bartsch said.
The owner of Piedmont Concrete says the tower was being
restored.