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Catastrophic Grain Bin Collapse West of Kansas, IL. –

By John Kraft & Kirk Allen

On October 26, 2014

KANSAS, IL. (ECWd) –

UPDATE: More pics…

There was a catastrophic grain “barn” collapse just West of Kansas, IL. this afternoon.

NO injuries reported!

Will report more when we get it.

 

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10 Comments
  • old
    Posted at 17:37h, 26 October

    Is this the one on north side that belongs to elevator. Glad there were no injuries.

  • Steve
    Posted at 18:02h, 26 October

    That’s an odd looking grain “bin.” Glad no one injured. Will look for the update.

    • jmkraft
      Posted at 18:15h, 26 October

      I know, I’m not a farmer, I don’t know what to call it.

  • dale
    Posted at 21:32h, 26 October

    That is a storage building and it is west of Kansas on 16

    • jmkraft
      Posted at 21:42h, 26 October

      Thanks for the info. I knew it wasn’t a “bin”, just couldn’t find a better word.

  • Steve
    Posted at 07:04h, 27 October

    I wonder if the structure they were using is designed to store grain.

  • John Currey
    Posted at 12:20h, 27 October

    Overloaded.

  • Kirk Allen
    Posted at 13:01h, 27 October

    A structure that was not built to properly store grain! It didn’t even have a liner on the inside so all the pressure was pushing out on the outside metal. Another federally funded project gone bad!

  • franklin
    Posted at 19:53h, 27 October

    please post what federal funds were used on this project

  • todd
    Posted at 01:32h, 28 October

    Its just like anything else, use something long enough its gonna break! Id bet they’ve used that structure for yrs. No ones fault shit happens all we can do is help and learn from our mistakes as well as others. Just one opinion from the next. Stay safe!

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