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Smoke rises as police tape surrounds Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake, B.C. Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

A coroner's jury has ruled the deaths of two mill workers caught in an explosion in Burns Lake, B.C., more than three years were accidental.

Robert Luggi, 45, and Carl Charlie, 42, were working at Babine Forest Products in the community 225 kilometres west of Prince George, when the explosion occurred Jan. 20, 2012.

A coroner's jury heard from nearly 50 witnesses over the 13-day inquest in Burns Lake.

The jury deliberated for two days and made 33 recommendations, while the coroner made an additional eight recommendations.

The jury suggested that the company install a fire-pumping system at its mill, have a stand-alone first aid facility, that the company ensure compliance in the National Fire Code and that a combustible gas monitor be used when workers report gas smells.

A WorkSafeBC investigation concluded an accumulation of wood dust was a major factor in the blast.

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