Two girls and an adult missing since a huge explosion tore through a Nebraska biofuels plant are confirmed dead, officials said Wednesday, as firefighters were still battling smoke and flames smoldering in the wreckage nearly a day later.

FREMONT, Nebraska, EE.UU. (AP) — Tres personas, dos niñas y un adulto, que estaban desaparecidas desde que una explosión sacudió una planta de biocombustibles en Nebraska, fueron confirmadas como fallecidas, informaron las autoridades el miércoles, mientras los bomberos han luchan contra el humo y las llamas que siguen ardiendo.

Officials have confirmed that two girls and a relative died in an explosion at a Nebraska biofuels plant. The children were waiting for an employee to finish work at Horizon