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Searchers were working to recover the body from beneath rubble
at the facility in Waukegan, about 40 miles (65 km) north of
downtown Chicago, said city Fire Marshal Steven Lenzi.
He said the Friday night explosion was an accident and he had
ruled out foul play.
"Presently our guys are working hard to recover that second
body," Lenzi told reporters at a news conference.
Nine employees were in the plant owned by AB Specialty Silicones
at the time of the blast. Another employee is still missing and
feared dead, Lenzi said.
Four workers were taken to a hospital after the explosion and
two others declined treatment.
The body of one worker was recovered from the plant on Saturday
and another employee died later that day in hospital, Lenzi
said.
Images of the plant from local media showed its walls stripped
away, leaving only a shell of a building with girders and scraps
of roofing material.
(Reporting By Andrew Hay; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
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