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Eight killed, 11 injured in Brazil grain silo explosions
Published: 02/08/2023
At
least eight people were killed and 11 others injured in southern Brazil when a
grain silo exploded at the C Vale cooperative in Palotina, a city about 600km
west of the Parana state capital Curitiba. Parana is one of Brazil’s top
grain-producing states.
C
Vale, a major producer of soya beans, wheat and maize that stores grain in 125
units across five Brazilian states and in Paraguay, confirmed in a statement
that a “large-scale accident hit our central grain reception unit in Palotina”.
The company said the cause was “yet to be determined”.