Grain silo falls and fire8/5/2023 ![]() ![]() He added that Uganda would have no qualms about accepting free grain from Russia. “If it’s true that we would starve if that grain deal is disrupted, why is it that it’s the West crying more than us Africans? They are crying crocodile tears,” Uganda’s state minister for Foreign Affairs, Okello Oryem told Reuters. ![]() Not all African states were worried, however. Russia has agreed to extend it three times but warned on Wednesday that its “goodwill” cannot last forever. The Black Sea grain deal was initially brokered for 120 days. More than 625 000 tonnes of grain has been shipped by the U.N. ![]() Zambia’s Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo said in a statement on Wednesday that the war in Ukraine and conflict in Sudan had “taken a devastating toll on African communities, resulting in the loss of life, and food insecurity, due to the rising costs of grain and fertiliser”.Īccording to UN data more than 31 million tonnes of grain have been exported under the pact, with 43% of that to developing countries. The United Nations has long said the Black Sea grain deal is a commercial enterprise, but that it benefits poorer countries by helping lower food prices globally. Putin also complained that under the deal “almost nothing goes to African countries” and said Moscow is ready to supply grain for free to the world’s poorest countries. While food and fertiliser exports do not fall under the West’s tough sanctions imposed on Russia over the war, Moscow says restrictions on payments, logistics and insurance create barriers. Russia has issued a list of demands it wants met, including the resumption of its Black Sea ammonia exports and reconnection of the Russian Agricultural Bank to the SWIFT payment system. The dryer the material, the more trapped air there is. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Moscow had not yet made a decision on withdrawing. The air source for a silo fire includes air that is trapped in chopped forage during harvest and air that blows into the silo. “We are therefore not aware of any threats to pull out of the grain deal,” Magwenya told Reuters on Wednesday. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa believes Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are aligned with him on the “importance of grain deliveries to Africa for the alleviation of food insecurity”, said Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya. He said residents should be confident the fire department and BioUrja are getting the situation under control.A delegation of African leaders is due to visit both Ukraine and Russia from this weekend in a push to end Russia’s 16-month-long war, and Putin has said he plans to use the occasion to raise the matter. Sollberger said a third party will soon begin aerial monitoring of the area around the plant. "We don't feel we have an immediate danger, but that being said, the only way that they're going to take these silos down is whatever's burning inside of there has to be extinguished." ![]() "So something's burning in there," said Sollberger. Monday afternoon, while Washington Street remains open to normal traffic. The Cedar Street Bridge was shut down in both directions at approximately 3 p.m. The smell of smoke lingered in the area around MacArthur Highway and Washington streets, near the plant. The fire briefly resurged on Friday.Īs of Monday morning, dark gray smoke was still emanating from one of the damaged silos. Two people suffered non life-threatening injuries in the explosion. The explosion last Thursday night destroyed one silo and damaged three others. "But basically, either we have to pierce the side of the silo and inject water, or put water from the top and have it flow down the silo. We have a couple different options we're kicking around," said Sollberger. The northern block of the silos toppled after what sounded like an explosion, kicking up thick gray dust that enveloped the iconic structure and the port next to a residential. "We're trying to explore options right now. A section of Beirut's massive port grain silos, shredded in the 2020 explosion, collapsed in a huge cloud of dust on Sunday after a weekslong fire, triggered by grains that had fermented and ignited in the summer heat. Peoria Interim Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger said extinguishing the remaining fire is tricky - and hazardous. Fire is still burning in a damaged silo at the BioUrja ethanol plant in South Peoria several days after a grain bin explosion damaged the complex. ![]()
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