Date: February 19, 2020
Location: Red Oak, Iowa (USA)
Address: 2049 Fernwood Avenue, 51566
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Grain Dust
Industry: Grain Processing (Agriculture)
Equipment: Processing Stacks
Company: Bunge North America
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to the company website, Bunge North America has been in business since the early 1900s. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, it started out by trading raw agricultural commodities for both local use and export, and gradually expanded into oilseed processing, refining edible oils, milling corn, rice and wheat, and more. Today, Bunge North America is a leading processor of soy in the U.S. and canola in Canada and serves the animal feed industry and food manufacturers.
Incident Description:
On February 19, 2020, KMALand reported a fire in the exterior processing stacks at a grain processing facility in Red Oak, Iowa.
The Red Oak Fire Department received notification of the fire at 5:39 p.m. and arrived 10 minutes later. They remained on the scene for nearly two hours.
The Fire Chief said that the cause of the fire was a malfunction in a computerized processing system, which caused processed grain product to overheat. Although the fire was confined to the outside stacks, there was a significant amount of damage.
No injuries were reported.
Sources:
KMALand
