Natural Gas + Ethanol = Explosion
- by Larry Phillips, June 30, 2014, Leader and Times
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“We got the page at 7:04 p.m. (Sunday) about a possible explosion at the plant at 8000 Road P,” Rice said earlier today. “Preliminary reports from plant staff is they had a natural gas explosion in a combustion burner in the feed dryer system on the second floor.”