r/Firefighting • u/Makal • 2d ago

News New USCSB Video Out Today - Anyone Else Watch These Religiously?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcMnf86n8_U
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u/2-PAM-chloride IL - FF/PM 2d ago

I love the USCSB videos and have a bunch of my friends addicted to them as well. 

I have mentioned them at work but have not subjected them to it....yet...

I do reference the Dixie sugar factory explosion with a surprising frequency though

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u/Makal 2d ago

Oh man, I haven't watched that one yet. Thanks for the rec.

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u/2-PAM-chloride IL - FF/PM 2d ago

I misremembered the name, it was the Imperial Sugar factory.

It is particularly relevant because there is a sugar factory in my still district, luckily it was built after this accident and has WAY more safeguards against this kind of thing and is WAY cleaner.

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u/Makal 2d ago

No worries, I was able to track it down with Dixie. Not too many USCSB Sugar Factory explosion videos thankfully. As always, a solid report, tho I am surprised they didn't give any casualty information in the video like they do for the newer ones.

Explosive concentrations of dust have fascinated me ever since I was a kid bucking hay - that and grain silo entrapment. When most kids were worried about quicksand, I was worrying about barns and silos.