The cause of the Imperial Sugar Co. refinery fire remained under investigation Friday, but an explosion of sugar dust is one working theory of the blast. "It's a viable option," said Capt. Matt Sta… ...

More than 300 dust explosions have killed more than 120 workers in grain silos, sugar refineries and food processing plants over the past three decades. Most are preventable by removing fine-grain ...

More than 300 dust explosions have killed more than 120 works in grain silos, sugar plants and food processing plants over the past three decades. Most are preventable by removing fine dust as it ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Dust that collected in a piece of safety equipment caused a small explosion at a sugar refinery weeks before the deadly blast that killed nine workers, a federal investigator ...

Feb. 17: Combustible dust hearings are held in Atlanta to determine ways to reduce the hazards that likely caused the refinery explosion. Mar. 30: Eighteen cases against Imperial Sugar have been ...

Imperial Sugar resumed refining sugar at its Georgia plant in June, 16 months after the explosion. The company says it has adopted voluntary standards to minimize dust hazards and included new ...

Aftermath of the explosion and fire at the Imperial Sugar Company's plant fire in Port Wentworth, Ga. which killed 14 and injured scores. AP Photo/POOL hide caption ...

SAVANNAH, GA – In a final draft report released today, Chemical Safety Board investigators said the Feb. 7, 2008, deadly explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, GA, resulted ...

Particles of 0.42 mm (small enough to float in air) or less are explosive; sugar dust can be as small as 0.03 mm. The disruption of a layer of dust as shallow as 132 in. can start a deadly chain ...

Sometimes a safety issue literally blows up in the face of U.S. regulators. That was the case last month when an explosion and fire at an Imperial Sugar Co. refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., likely ...

Firefighters finally put out the blaze at a Georgia sugar refinery Thursday, a week after an explosion set a silo on fire. Sugar dust is thought to have ignited the blast, which claimed at least ...