At least eight people have died, one was missing and nearly a dozen others wounded after a grain silo explosion on Wednesday at an agricultural co-operative in southern Brazil, the government of Parana state said in a statement on Thursday.
The blast occurred at the C.Vale co-operative in the small town of Palotina, about 600 kilometers from the state's capital Curitiba. Parana is one of Brazil's top grain producing states.
For a grain dust explosion to occur, they say that four elements have to be present: fuel, oxygen, confinement and a source of ignition. C.Vale, which stores grains in 125 units across five Brazilian states and in Paraguay, said in a separate statement that rescue workers were still scouring the rubble in search of the missing person on Thursday."I'm deeply saddened by what happened at C.Vale," Agriculture Minister Carlos Favaro wrote on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter. "I express my condolences to the families of the victims.
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