Grain Bin Engulfment Leaves One Dead in Wheatley, AR

Two men were working inside the grain bin filled with soybeans when the engulfment happened

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One person died and another rescued after soybeans caved inside a grain bin in Wheatley, AR, last Friday, reportsKAIT8.

Emergency crews and firefighters from several area departments spent five hours Friday attempting to rescue a man trapped in agrain bin.

Brinkley Fire Chief Mark Hamner told KAIT8 that authorities got a call around 3 p.m., February 11, about the engulfment. He said two men were working in a grain bin, when the soybeans gave way.

One man was able to get out, Hamner said, while the other man went under the beans.

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