[NSFW Language]Mill Explosion in Maine, Raw Video

[scho63]

Originally Posted by eDave

How the hell does a mill explode like that? Is it like a silo fire?

That's crazy. Place must have been empty.

Sawdust

[Chiefshrink]

Originally Posted by scho63

Sawdust

Yep. And grain dust is even more explosive than gunpowder. My father managed a grain elevator growing up and he was always making sure that very little accumulated anywhere. But I agree with Baby and Bwana because of the wet process this had to be a water/steam pressurized failure.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink

Yep. And grain dust is even more explosive than gunpowder. My father managed a grain elevator growing up and he was always making sure that very little accumulated anywhere. But I agree with Baby and Bwana because of the wet process this had to be a water/steam pressurized failure.

Our elevator exploded when I was 11. It's serious business.