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Several injured in Illinois explosion at an Archer Daniels Midland facility

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An explosion at an Archer Daniels Midland facility in Illinois injured several employees and sent a tower of smoke into the air Sunday evening.

The explosion occurred shortly after 7 p.m. at the east plant in the ADM processing complex in Decatur, Illinois. Several employees were injured and transported to a hospital, the agricultural company said in a statement on its website Sunday.

The company contacted the Decatur Fire Department but said it did not know the cause of the explosion.

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A logo of Archer-Daniels Midland Co. is seen on glass in Decatur, Illinois, on Dec. 3, 2019. An explosion occurred at an Archer Daniels Midland facilty in Decatur on Sunday. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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ADM said in an email to The Associated Press early Monday that it had no additional information at the time.

A large plume of dark smoke can be seen shooting high into the air above the facility in a video posted by WCIA-TV.

Decatur is located about 40 miles east of Springfield and about 180 miles southeast of Chicago, where ADM is headquartered.

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