Authorities say a Sioux City man burned in a fire at a Plymouth County hog confinement has died.
Le Mars Fire-Rescue says 38-year-old Jorge Orozco died Saturday at St. Elizabeth Burn Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.
He’d been flown there after being taken in a private vehicle on September 30th to Floyd Valley Healthcare in Le Mars.
The hog operation sits about 5 miles northwest of Le Mars.
Officials say Orozco and another man had been inside a building, using a power washer to clean it.
Orozco left the building to refuel the power washer engine, and he spilled gas on himself and the machine.
The vapors ignited, burning Orozco.
