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Cheezoholic

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1. Terrible tragedy. We had 3 80ft tall concrete grain silo's explode in a small town near here back in the 70's

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Jul 31, 2025, 07:39 PM

Jul 31

A welder ignited the grain dust. We lived 8 miles away and it broke windows in our town. Leveled 50 houses in the town the silo's were located. They were the main silo's for one of the local area farmers Co-Op (remember those "socialist" organizations?) That dust concentrated and mixed with fresh air, it's not good.

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Dust deemed cause of Fremont (NE) plant explosion that killed 3; Horizon Biofuels officials make statement [View all] Omaha Steve Jul 31 OP

Terrible tragedy. We had 3 80ft tall concrete grain silo's explode in a small town near here back in the 70's Cheezoholic Jul 31 #1

Was that explosion in the Dakota's. We were at a campground and there was a silo explosion . Srkdqltr Jul 31 #2

No but if i remember right there were several in the 70's that prompted new safety regulations n/t Cheezoholic Jul 31 #3

Ok, what you said brought back a long ago memory. Thanks Srkdqltr Jul 31 #4

This happened in Nebraska Omaha Steve Jul 31 #6

i saw a little poof, then the big explosion. pansypoo53219 Jul 31 #5

I once did some steel work for Kleenex Nigrum Cattus Jul 31 #7

Calling this a bio -fuel implies it is green Miguelito Loveless Aug 1 #8