FREMONT, Neb. (WOWT) - Mayor Joey Spellerberg said at a news conference Wednesday morning that firefighters worked through the night and are still working to extinguish the fire burning in the aftermath of Tuesday’s explosion at Horizon Biofuels .

He also confirmed that three people — one man and two girls — were in the explosion. Extended family who spoke with First Alert 6 on Tuesday said those missing are a father and his two daughters . Spellerberg said the children were at the facility waiting for the man to get done working so they could get to a doctor’s appointment.

“Right now, this has moved to a recovery effort,” he said.

Emergency crews are using heavy equipment to initiate a “delayering” process in order to find the victims.

Several area fire departments have been worki

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