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One Injured in Grain Elevator Explosion

Incident at Simplot Granary, Mountain Home, occurred Tuesday evening

Fire flames explosion VIA PIXABAY Feb 2021

One person was injured Tuesday night after a grain elevator explosion in Mountain Home, ID, reports Mountain Home News.

The explosion occurred at the Simplot Granary northwest of town. The victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The initial explosion, in the granary transfer station was massive and was followed by multiple smaller explosions as small fires and smoldering grain made contact with the grain dust which was described as highly explosive.

It was reported that welding work was being done in the area and appeared to have possibly caused the initial blast. It was then that the smoldering grain, being transferred throughout the silos themselves thru grain elevators, became the distribution mechanism of the small fires identified in the tops of the silos.

Plant Manager Matt Draper says there are a total of five silos with damage at the top of each of them.

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