A series of sugar dust explosions at the Imperial Sugar refineryin Port Wentworth, Georgia, US, killed 13 people and injuredanother 36. The company received raw sugar and refined itintogranulated sugar which was then either shipped as a productor further processed on site to a range of other sugar-basedproducts. The refined sugar was stored in three silos, each 12min diameter and 32m in height. The sugar was moved aroundthe site and between the silos on conveyor belts,