Silos with an explosion prevention system can vent out that pressure and fireball, or suppress flames with foam or carbon dioxide. Duct work can also have spark-detection and extinguishing systems ...

It's now been 12 days since the tragic explosion and fire at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont.

The Maine State Fire Marshal's Office says the fire and explosion at the Robbins Lumber mill in Searsmont earlier this month is being considered accidental.

The Searsmont explosion that killed one firefighter and injured 12 other people was likely caused by accident, according to ...

As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 45 state and federal officials remain at the site of Friday's deadly incident.

The fire and subsequent explosion at a Maine lumber mill that killed a firefighter and injured a dozen other people was accidental and originated at the base of a silo, authorities said Tuesday. The ...

(NewsNation) — A firefighter was killed and multiple people were injured, several critically, after an explosion at a lumber mill in Searsmont, Maine, during efforts to extinguish a fire, authorities ...

Marcus Hook firefighters were called explosion in a manufacturing silo Thursday evening. Units were dispatched to the Alan McIlvain Co. in the 500 block of Market Street about 6:30 p.m. for the report ...

Morrill Firefighter Andrew Cross was killed in the May 15 explosion that investigators have determined was accidental.

Investigators said the fire started in the base of the silo, tiny particles ignited causing the explosion. Then the silo tipped over and flames spread quickly.

A chemical was burning, and one silo was clearly torched as fire crews tried keeping it from jumping to other silos at the ...