Date: November 10, 2022
Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana (USA)
Address: 3211 LA-397, 70615
Type: Dust Explosion
Fuel: Grain Dust
Industry: Grain Processing (Agriculture)
Equipment: Grain Elevator
Company: Farmers Rice Milling Company
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to its website, Farmers Rice Milling Company in Lake Charles is Louisiana’s largest rice mill, with a capacity of 750 million pounds of long and medium grain rice products per year. It opened in 1917.
Incident Description:
On November 10, 2022, KPLC reported a grain elevator explosion at a rice milling facility in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Firefighters responded to the explosion, which was captured on the dashcam of a trucker waiting to unload. According to the LeBleu Fire Chief, they saw the top of the elevator smoking along with a motor on another elevator.
Crews quickly extinguished the flames. Lake Charles Fire used a line truck and shot water up in the silo to wash it out.
No injuries were reported.
Sources:
KPLC
