A CHS Midwest Cooperatives grain storage bin showing signs of exterior strain during a filling operation prompted an evacuation of downtown Philip, SD, Friday morning, reportsNews Center 1.
According to a statement by CHS Midwest Cooperative, employees noticed a buckling of the exterior of one of the grain storage bins at the city’s landmark grain elevator facility.
After authorities were notified, officials with Haakon County Emergency Management and the more than 10 responding agencies decided the grain storage bin posed a collapse and explosion hazard. Downtown Philip was then evacuated as a precaution.
CHS中西部合作社仔细去除小麦from the silo Friday afternoon, and expected the situation to be stabilized by evening.
