Around 6:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve in 2022, flames ripped through the bowels of an industrial facility in Fremont, Nebraska. Elevators were scorched. Conveyor belts collapsed. Metal doors melted. As ...

Dust explosions represent a persistent hazard in various industrial settings, occurring when suspended particulates, such as metallic, coal, or organic dust, rapidly combust in a confined environment.

To the average person, walking into a flour- or sawmill and seeing dust swirling around is unlikely to evoke much of a response, but those in the know are quite likely to bolt for the nearest exit at ...

To the average person, walking into a flour- or sawmill and seeing dust swirling around is unlikely to evoke much of a response, but those in the know are quite likely to bolt for the nearest exit at ...

STARTS WITH BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS. THE NEBRASKA STATE FIRE MARSHAL BELIEVES A DUST FIRE MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FREMONT PLANT EXPLOSION. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M JULIE CORNELL, AND I’M ROB ...

The deadly wood dust explosion and fire at a Nebraska pellet plant was a “terrible tragedy” made more so by findings that at least one of the three fatalities was alive and trapped in the rubble after ...

Austin Powder's Red Diamond plant in Vinton County has resumed full operations after a nitrogen oxide release. Air and water testing revealed no health hazards, and the company is reimbursing ...

FREMONT, Neb. (WOWT) - Following the dust explosion in Fremont that left one man and two children dead, First Alert 6 spoke with a fire safety expert to explain how that can happen. Fire Safety Expert ...