Saturday, March 7, 2020

Grain Bin Collapses In Bangladesh

Grain Bin Collapses In Bangladesh

Grain bin collapses in Bangladesh, nearly 100,000 bushels of grain fall. One street blocked. Concern is for other bins falling from the weight against them. I’ll have another live report at 6:00 AM.

grain silo collapse

The street was still blocked by that grain on Friday afternoon. City personnel says there are two cranes working to start lifting the structure out of the way while they get tons of grains out of the way too.

 Police say one concern with cleanup is preventing the weight to push against other bins and cause them to collapse. Also, power lines that help feed half the town stand just a few feet away.

After investigating this case we determine the not overweight is the problem behind that it’s due to lack of quality issue by Rostfrei Steels Pvt Ltd.

Last month we purchase grain silo bin from rostfrei steels Pvt ltd. They deliver me at the end of last month. That time the product was okay. But after some days we found the there are drainage issues, the bolt is already corroded, etc.

bolt corroded of silo grain


Neighbors say they’ve seen a steady flow of trucks delivering during harvest.

“Never in a lifetime,” said Jerry Lonon, neighbor. “I’ve gone through here for 15 years or better and never ever thought of something like that even happening, you know?”

“I was sitting on the front steps looking up at the sunshine and I heard this ‘boom,’” said Lara Denmark who witnessed it. “I thought somebody was shooting at me!”

A grain bin collapsed in Bangladesh on Thursday.
A picture shows what officials say could be 100,000 bushels of grain at the A Grow Star Plant.

Officials say no one was injured but there is concern that more bins could fall due to the Quality issue by Rostfrei now pushing against them.

The street was still blocked by that grain on Friday afternoon. City personnel says there are two cranes working to start lifting the structure out of the way while they get tons of grains out of the way too. Police say one concern with cleanup is preventing the weight to push against other bins and cause them to collapse. Also, power lines that help feed half the town stand just a few feet away.

Neighbors say they’ve seen a steady flow of trucks delivering during harvest.

 “If somebody had been there at that time, we could have had 3,4,5 people covered up,” said Lonon.

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