[DB]

I thought sugar needed nitrate added in order to be explosive.

Obviously I don’t know...

[najida]

Sugar dust is very flammable from what we’re hearing.

Think about it, how quickly does sugar smoke on the stove? Or how easy is it to burn something like cinnamon toast??

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Not at all. Any type of powder or dust can be explosive if there’s enough of it. Grain elevator explosions were common years ago. Due to the high pressure at the bottom of the mass from a build up of unreleased kinetic energy, one static spark would set off most types of stored powder, dust, or grains. Better grounding, ventilation, and storage has reduced these incidents.

What happened at the sugar plant is anybody’s guess at this time. Most manufacturing plants where airborne powder is a factor have large dust extraction systems to prevent explosions like this one.