Date: December 2, 2020
Location: Calgary, Alberta (CA)
Address: 1020 26 Street NE, T2A 2M4
Type: Dust Explosion
Fuel: Grain Dust
Industry: Grain Processing (Agriculture)
Equipment: Unknown
Company: Federated Cooperative Plant
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: One Injured
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to the company’s website, Federated Cooperative Plant is a wholesaling, manufacturing, marketing and administrative co-operative owned by more than 160 independent local associations. These local co-ops own and operate agro centres, food stores, gas bars/convenience stores and home centres.
Incident Description:
On December 2, 2020, 660 News reported an explosion and fire at an agricultural co-op in Calgary, Alberta.
Firefighters were called out to the plant at around 4:00 p.m., after staff reported a grain dust explosion and small fire in the basement of the building. Embers had migrated through the grain handling system into a hopper on the upper levels of the building, resulting in a lot of smoke.
Calgary Fire worked with EMS to set up a staging area to contain the incident. A ladder was used as an elevated stand pipe to pour water into the hopper.
All employees and plant staff were able to safely evacuate, but one firefighter was injured. Paramedics treated them on-scene and then rushed them to hospital.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Sources:
660 News
