General Mills logo. Production was temporarily halted at the General Mills cereal plant in Buffalo, New York after a small firestarted 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.  
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.
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a small firestarted in a dust collector
malfunctioning equipment exploded, causing a fire
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By the time the fire department arrived, a sprinkler system had extinguished the
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
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Plant employees were evacuated from the mill as a precaution.
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No one was injured and property damage was considered minimal.
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The fire
The explosion
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operations
all of their mills and power to most of their facility
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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.