Dust explosion claims decades-old grain elevator in Lawson, Sask: owner

Source: Ashleigh Mattern, CBC News, November 25, 2017 

‘It should have lasted another 100 years’

A grain elevator built in 1959 burned down earlier this week in Lawson, Sask., following a dust explosion, according to its owner.

Crowley, a rancher in the area, was three miles north of the elevator hauling bales when the fire started. He had passed right by the elevator and saw a crew loading grain out of it moments before the fire started.

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