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 ...

PORT ANGELES — A “dust explosion” during routine maintenance caused a small fire late Saturday morning at the K-Ply plywood processing plant at 439 Marine Drive It was out in about two hours, but ...

Combustible dust, as the name eludes to, are small particles of dust that can become highly explosive under certain conditions. The Occupational Safety and Health Organization defines combustible dust ...

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.

The annual summary recording nationwide grain dust bin explosions reported nine incidents in 2022. This compares to seven reported incidents in 2021 and a 10-year average of 7.8 explosions annually.

Any activity that creates dust should be investigated to see whether there is a risk of that dust being combustible. We've been blogging and writing a lot recently on the basics of combustible dust.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said a flash fire that enveloped seven workers in flames was the result of an accumulation of combustible dust inside this poorly designed dust collection system that ...

FREMONT, Neb. (WOWT) - Two days after a horrific explosion at a biofuels plant left a man and two girls dead, the state fire marshal told First Alert 6 the incident started with a dust fire — and was ...

An increase in grain dust explosions were reported nationally at grain handling, feed manufacturing and biofuel facilities in 2018; however, resulting injuries and fatalities were down from the ...