MARCH 11, 2015
GRANDVIEW, MISSOURI (KCTV)
Three employees at a Grandview chemical plant were hurt
after a fire and explosion.
Grandview firefighters responded at about 4:30 a.m. to the
blast at Corbion, located at 14120 Botts Rd., a company that deals with food
processing chemicals.
The explosion happened in a spray room where employees dump
mass amounts of flour.
There were six people near the base of the blast. Three
employees suffered minor injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital.
Firefighters say those in the plant followed proper
evacuation protocol, and they are lucky nobody was more seriously hurt.
Firefighters had the flames out in about 20 minutes with
help from the Belton Fire Department. Investigators will likely be on the scene
all day.
Source: www.kctv.com