An explosion and fire ripped through a wood panel manufacturing unit in a conveyor located at the exit and underneath a 1,000 m³ chip storage silo. The steady fire in the bottom of the fire required that it be completely emptied with the screw conveyor and the door while the silo’s internal sprinkling system was in operation in addition to the hoses used by the plant’s internal firefighters. Once the fire was extinguished and repairs made, press production operations were able to resume after 44 hours. The fire was initiated by heating caused by a disc at the end of the screw conveyor that was improperly secured during a maintenance operation conducted a month earlier.