Surrounded in smoke from a fire at Red Path Sugar this afternoon.

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That damn flammable sugar. Why are they making that stuff? (/s)
Actually, industrial dust that can build up inside of sugar refineries, grain elevators, sawmills, etc. can be very explosive causing massive destruction. Below is a sugar refinery in Geogia that blew up killing 14. There was not much left of the plant.

I don't think many people who live or work in the area think about this risk. I suspect most think sugar is just a benign substance.
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I don't think many people who live or work in the area think about this risk. I suspect most think sugar is just a benign substance.
Off-topically: One would presume the current owners are aware of this and have taken precautions to not let that happen.
 

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