Date: October 5, 2019
Location: Burdekin, Queensland (Australia)
Address: Brandon 4808
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Sugar Dust
Industry: Sugar Processing (Food and Food Products)
Equipment: Conveyor System
Company: Wilmar Sugar Limited’s Pioneer Mill
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to the company’s website, Wilmar Sugar produces sugar and provides renewable energy and bioethanol. With eight sugar mills throughout the country, It manufactures over half of Australia’s raw sugar, crushing about 15 million ton of cane every year to produce over two million tons of raw sugar.
Incident Description:
On October 22, 2019, Powder & Bulk Solids reported that operations had resumed at a sugar mill in Burdekin, Australia, on October 17 after it had been shut down for 12 days following a conveyor system fire.
The fire ignited in the bagasse conveyor system on October 5 at about 6:00 p.m. No one was injured, but the fire damaged the conveyor systems and related electrical systems.
The cause is still under investigation.
Sources:
Powder & Bulk Solids
