Several workers injured in explosion at Archer Daniels Midland facility in Illinois

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"An explosion and fire at a food processing complex in Illinois injured eight employees Sunday night, authorities said.

The explosion occurred just after 7 p.m. at the east plant of the Archer Daniels Midland facility in Decatur, Illinois, about 40 miles east of Springfield.

Of the eight employees who were hurt, six were taken to a nearby hospital via ambulance, Daniel Kline, deputy chief of the Decatur Fire Department, told USA TODAY in an email. The extent of the injuries and the cause of the fire are "unknown," he said.

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