Conditions were the same for the five people who remained at a Georgia hospital this morning after being involved in Saturday’s explosion at International Paper’s Vicksburg Mill that killed a Bolton man, a hospital spokesman said.

Four were still in critical condition and another was listed as good at Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Ga. Reports have indicated two others were taken to Baton Rouge General Burn Center, but a hospital spokesman said he could not confirm that information.

IP officials have said they will not release the names of those who were injured when one of the mill’s two recovery boilers exploded because they were employed by contractors performing maintenance. IP also declined to identify the contractors.

Services were today in Edwards for 28-year-old Marcus Broome of Bolton, who died at the scene. Broome had a wife, Brooke, who was the mother of his 4-year-old twin daughters.

Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey said Broome was pronounced dead at the scene and that he was killed due to chest injuries.

The others who were injured Saturday were initially taken to River Region Medical Center. Those who were not transferred to other burn centers were treated and released from River Region Saturday, a hospital spokesman said.

About 400 people, including IP’s 306 regular employees, were at the mill when the boiler exploded, and, according to Tom Macher, the mill’s manager, the explosion was the mill’s first during its 40-year history.

The plant, a major local employer that transforms pulpwood into heavy paper on a production line, is west of Mississippi 3 north of Redwood.

The Warren County Sheriff’s Department and Vicksburg and Warren County fire units were on site Saturday afternoon and federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration representatives arrived later to begin the required investigation. OSHA officials have reported that the investigation could take six months.

Operations at the mill were on hold for the remainder of Saturday, for the most part, until safety inspections were completed, said IP managers.

According to Amy Sawyer, a spokesman for International Paper, said employees of the Vicksburg mill were back on their normal shifts Sunday.

International Paper has manufacturing operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, Russia, Asia and North Africa. The company has about 51,500 employees, 33,100 in the United States.

The IP explosion came about two weeks before the sixth anniversary of a deadly blast at the Rouse Polymerics plant on U.S. 61 South. Five people were killed, and seven injured.