Cause of Fire at Kansas alcohol plant under investigation
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November 29, 2020
ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say no one was hurt in an explosion and fire at a northeast Kansas distilling plant that was fined earlier this year over a noxious cloud of fumes that sent dozens to the hospital in 2016.
Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson said the blast happened around 8:15 p.m. Friday at MGP Ingredients Inc., which is a supplier of distilled spirits and specialty wheat proteins and starches. The cause has not been determined.
Earlier this year, the company was fined $1 million for violating the federal Clean Air Act. Four years ago, a chlorine gas cloud formed at the company...
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