General Mills logo. Production was temporarily halted at the General Mills cereal plant in Buffalo, New York after malfunctioning equipment exploded, causing a fire. According to communications between fire crews, a fan in a hopper exploded on the 4th floor just before midnight (EST). Fire crews responded within minutes, but the fire had been extinguished prior to their arrival. Fire crews say that a "faulty motor in a hopper" exploded, igniting dust around the equipment which caused a fire . The explosion  forced the company to shut down all of their mills and power to most of their facility for a short time as a precaution. Production and normal operations began to resume around 12:15 a.m.. No one was injured. Fire officials estimate the damage to be around US$100,000.
General Mills logo. Production was temporarily halted at the General Mills cereal plant in Buffalo, New York after a small fire started in a dust collector . By the time the fire department arrived, a sprinkler system had extinguished the fire. Plant employees were evacuated from the mill as a precaution . No one was injured and property damage was considered minimal. The fire forced the company to shut down operations for a short time as a precaution. 
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malfunctioning equipment exploded, causing a fire.
a small fire started in a dust collector .
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According to communications between fire crews, a fan in a hopper exploded on the 4th floor just before midnight (EST). Fire crews responded within minutes, but the fire had been extinguished prior to their arrival. Fire crews say that a "faulty motor in a hopper" exploded, igniting dust around the equipment which caused a fire
By the time the fire department arrived, a sprinkler system had extinguished the fire. Plant employees were evacuated from the mill as a precaution
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The explosion
No one was injured and property damage was considered minimal.
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The fire
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all of their mills and power to most of their facility
operations
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Production and normal operations began to resume around 12:15 a.m..
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No one was injured. Fire officials estimate the damage to be around US$100,000.