Pantry ingredients lined up in glass jars - Aafia Tanvir/Shutterstock It's a quiet evening in May 1878 when a massive explosion rocked Minneapolis as the Washburn A Mill -- the largest flour mill in ...

The U.S. House voted 247-165 Wednesday night to approve a bill that supporters said would lessen the risk of combustible dust explosions such as the one near Savannah that killed 13 Imperial Sugar ...

To the average person, walking into a flour- or sawmill and seeing dust swirling around is unlikely to evoke much of a response, but those in the know are quite likely to bolt for the nearest exit at ...

Combustible dusts are solids finely ground into fine particles, fibers, chips, chunks or flakes that can cause a fire or explosion when suspended in air under certain conditions. Types of dusts ...