Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Illustration by Lauren Cross/Investigate Midwest) Around 6:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve in 2022, flames ripped through the bowels of ...

According to Purdue University’s nationwide report, there’s a concerning trend where the total number of grain dust explosions decreased in 2025, but the severity of those incidents—measured by ...

Seven dust-fueled explosions caused 10 injuries and four fatalities in 2025, according to a Purdue University report. That represents a drop in incidents from the prior year, but an increase in ...

ATCHISON, Kan. — Most of the men killed in a recent grain elevator explosion in Kansas were younger than 25, all employed in an industry that relies on youthful workers who can withstand the physical ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – An annual report from Purdue University found there were seven grain dust explosions in the United States in 2025. While that is lower than the nine reported the previous year, ...

Dust explosions represent a persistent hazard in various industrial settings, occurring when suspended particulates, such as metallic, coal, or organic dust, rapidly combust in a confined environment.

MARCUS, Iowa (KTIV) - An explosion was reported at a facility in Northwest Iowa’s Cherokee County. When KTIV called the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, a dispatcher stated a grain bin explosion was ...

Around 6:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve in 2022, flames ripped through the bowels of an industrial facility in Fremont, Nebraska. Elevators were scorched. Conveyor belts collapsed. Metal doors melted. As ...