Date: January 6, 2018
Location: Delphos, Ohio (USA)
Address: 234 South Jefferson Street, Delphos, OH 45833
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Grain Dust
Industry: Oilseed Processing (Food Processing)
Equipment: Grain Dryer
Company: Bunge North America
Previous 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 leading processor of soy in the U.S. and canola in Canada and serves the animal feed industry and food manufacturers.
Description of Grain Dust Fire:
On January 8, 2018 the news agency LimaOhio.com reported a fire at an oilseed processing plant in Delphos, Ohio. It broke out after a grain dryer experienced a mechanical failure and caught the soybeans inside of it on fire.
When firefighters arrived soon after 7:14 p.m., they found smoke and flames coming from the dryer three stories high. The Fire Chief admitted that frozen lines made firefighting efforts difficult, but the scene was finally cleared at 10:30 p.m.
No injuries were reported and property damage is unknown.
According to the Delphos Herald, on January 14, 2015, fire and rescue spent more than five hours fighting a dryer fire at the Bunge North America plant. The blaze, which was reported at 12:17 a.m., was contained to a stainless steel dryer unit and no damages were reported other than a portion of the 5,000 bushels of soybeans in the dryer at the time.
Sources:
LimaOhio.com
