The Newspaper Story

The Wichita Beagle
Sunday, November 9, 2003

Halloween Horror at Fertilizer Plant:
Several Now Believed Dead
By Phil McCracken


Heaven KS- At 11:45 PM Friday, October 31st police and fire in Heaven, a small community of around 20,000 just south of Wichita, responded to a fire and apparent explosion at the Lee Agricultural Chemicals plant outside of town. Residents up to five miles away reported hearing the explosion. Responder found a roaring blaze with debris scattered up to 200 yards away. Fire fighters battled the chemical blaze until after 4 AM. Authorities have said that the cause of the explosion and subsequent fire are yet unknown, but that it appears to have been an accident. The fire department promised a full investigation. 

At first no one was thought to have been inside the building at the time of the incident, but this would not be a true tale of Halloween horror until the full extent of the devastation hit the town in the coming days. Seemingly unrelated at first, calls began to come into the police department on the Saturday follow the fire. Several individuals were reported not to have come home after the town's annual Halloween Dance and Festival. In all, four students and a guidance counsellor from the county high school were unaccounted for. In the coming days it would be discovered that some of the missing were last seen on the road between the town square and the fertilizer plant, by a passing motorist. They are now presumed to have been in or around the building near the time of the explosion. 

Officially, the identities of the potential victims has not been released pending the discovery and identification of any remains, but the townsfolk know who they are, and the whole community waits, still in shock, dreading the fates of their loved ones. Since this is still considered a missing persons situation the FBI has been called in to investigate. Requests for comments yield only that there will be no comments on ongoing investigations. 

For more information on those missing and how to send well-wishes and sympathies please visit www.wichitabeagle.com. 








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