Explosion rocks ethanol plant

  • The east side of the KAAPA ethanol plant at Aurora West as it appeared the morning after an explosion rocked the grain elevator side of the facility last Tuesday night. The corn dust explosion is believed to have been caused by the failure of a bearing in the elevator’s grain leg.
    The east side of the KAAPA ethanol plant at Aurora West as it appeared the morning after an explosion rocked the grain elevator side of the facility last Tuesday night. The corn dust explosion is believed to have been caused by the failure of a bearing in the elevator’s grain leg.
    Grain dust touched off by heat from a bearing failure is believed to have been the cause of an explosion that rocked the KAAPA ethanol plant at Aurora West last Tuesday evening. Neighbors living within a mile of the plant reported that they heard the blast which had enough force to rattle the windows of their home. Aurora Fire Chief Tom Cox said the explosion, which was on the grain el...

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