Elevator Explosion in Garretson-Update-

The Garretson South Dakota  Eastern Farmers Co-op in suffered an explosion yesterday afternoon around 4:30.  An employee was welding a fertilizer tank when an explosion occurred that blew the lid off the tank.  The tank lid flew about the distance of a football field.  Fire departments from Garretson, Brandon, and Valley Springs responded to put the fire out.  No one was injured.