Search underway at National Raisin Company in Fowler after reported digester fall

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) — Emergency crews are searching for a missing employee at the National Raisin Company in Fowler after a reported fall into an industrial water digester Thursday.

Fowler police say they were called out around 2:30 p.m. after Juan Patino, an employee at the facility, was reported missing.

Investigators say Patino was last seen around 1:10 p.m. in the treatment area, where he was actively pumping rainwater off a tarp…

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