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Jurors ended their second day of deliberations Friday without reaching a verdict in the trial of Xcel Energy on charges of workplace-safety violations resulting in the deaths of five men.
The jurors must decide whether Xcel faces criminal punishment for the deaths of the men, who were working inside a large pipe at an Xcel power plant near Georgetown in 2007 when fire broke out. Trapped inside the pipe, the men died of smoke inhalation.
If convicted, Xcel and a subsidiary company could have to pay up to $5 million combined in fines.
Jurors will resume deliberations Tuesday, to accommodate one juror’s previously planned trip.
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