A grain dust explosion and fire have damaged part of a grain elevator in Kasson, but no one was hurt.  A Dodge County sheriff's dispatcher says the blast was reported at Kasson's Greenway Co-op just before 2 p.m. Thursday.
 
Co-op general manager Tim Clemens tells the Post-Bulletin of Rochester that damage from the fire is expected to be minimal.  The explosion happened in a "leg" that lifts corn. The leg is about 60 feet tall.
 
Firefighters from Kasson and Dodge Center responded.  The grain elevator was the focus of a $5.5 million expansion last year. Repairs are expected to be made in a day or two.