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Officials: 1 dead in explosion at US grain silo

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AP Union Mills(Indiana)
Authorities say an explosion at a grain bin in northwest Indiana has left one person dead.

The Sheriff's Department says the explosion happened at the Union Mills Co-op. The co-op stores grain as well as fertilizer. But the department says the explosion happened in a grain silo.

The department says in a news release that no hazardous chemicals were involved.

No one else was injured and everyone else at the plant has been accounted for. The co-op is about 80 kilometers southeast of Chicago.

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First Published: Jun 25 2013 | 3:35 AM IST

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