St. Chales, MN: Steel Grain Bins Collapse

(Satellite)

This collapse happened on Dec 1, 2025. No one was hurt, but the railroad, some roads and some businesses were closed for a while. Of course, they don't know, or won't say, what the cause was.

3:44 video @ 0:05
Grain Bin Collapse in St. Charles, Sananda McCall Reports

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This must have been a still that was taken during the collapses. Note that the bin on the right is compromised.

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Before the collapse, a citizen noticed a problem and notified first responders. So the area had been cleared out before the collapse.

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St. Charles grain bin collapseS

The cleanup had progress far enough that the town was opened back up.

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The five bins were part of a feed mill. Those bins look tall and skinny. I wonder if they will determine that they are too tall and skinny.

Street View, Jul 2023

This appears to be the raw footage that the above news reports were using. It either took a while for the second bin to collapse, or it was pulled over to remove the hazard of it falling during cleanup.

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