Searchers have found the bodies of three more people killed in the weekend grain elevator explosion in Atchison. The Saturday night blast killed six people and injured twoothers at the Bartlett Grain Co. elevator.

Three bodies were recovered earlier but unstable concrete, hanging steel beams and other damage forced crews to delay the search for the three found today.

The men who were recovered Monday were identified as Travis Keil, 34, of Topeka; Curtis Field, 21, of Atchison; and Darrek Klahr, 43, of Wetmore, Kan. Keil and Klahr were Kansas state grain inspectors and Field was a Bartlett Grain employee.

Officials identified the three Bartlett employees confirmed dead Sunday as Chad Roberts, 20, and Ryan Federinko, 21, both of Atchison, Kan.; and John Burke, 24, of Denton, Kan.

“Saturday’s grain elevator explosion is a terrible tragedy and I am saddened by the injury and loss of life,” said Governor Sam Brownback in a statement.

“On behalf of the citizens of Kansas, Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, M.D. and I offer our condolences to the families and friends whose loved ones died in the explosion. Our thoughts and prayers are with them as well as with those who sustained injuries.”

Investigators from the Kansas Fire Marshal’s office continue their probe into the cause of the explosion and fire.

The blast occurred Saturday night at the elevator, at 320 Riverfront Road. Twelve individuals were believed to have been inside the structure at the time of the explosion. Four escaped uninjured while two others were transported to the University of Kansas burn unit in Kansas City, Kan.