Explosion and fire at Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Titles and summaries are AI-extracted from news reporting; every source is linked below. Event id b638ecf8-0fe2-470d-8706-2986c756830b.

Where: Cedar Rapidsresolved to locality41.976, -91.670
When: Occurrence date not stated by reportingFirst reported 2026-10-24 · last update 2026-10-25
Sourcing: 10 reports10 outlets carrying it · independence not established
How far this got: localizednamed facility unresolvedOptical coverageSub-metre commercial imagery was recommended; Sentinel-2 is the closest we carry at 10 m, so small objects will not resolve.

Summary

An explosion and fire occurred at the Quaker Oats facility in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday. Heavy smoke and flames were observed coming from the north side of the building, with a large plume of smoke visible from the area. Emergency responders arrived and brought the fire under control by approximately 6:15 p.m., though firefighting operations continued afterward. All employees at the site were located and accounted for. The cause of the incident remains under investigation. PepsiCo Foods US has not confirmed details of the incident.

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What remains unresolved

named facility unresolved

Timeline

10 recorded change(s). The ledger starts when this event was first folded: the initial observation is not recorded as a change, so an empty timeline means nothing has moved since, not that nothing is known.

2026-10-25member countour measurement9 → 10reports joined

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Sources

Grouped by outlet. Syndication is not collapsed, so several outlets can carry one wire story — the count is breadth of carriage, not independent confirmation.

winnipegfreepress.com
- Fire breaks out at Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa2026-10-24
dailymail.com
- Emergency crews rush to Iowa Quaker Oats factory after massive explosion sends flames shooting through shattered windows | Daily Mail Online2026-10-24
isp.netscape.com
- Explosion and fire erupt at Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; no injuries - Netscape News2026-10-25
brandonsun.com
- Explosion and fire erupt at Quaker Oats plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; no injuries2026-10-25
ktiv.com
- UPDATE: No one hurt after fire, explosion Quaker Oats in downtown Cedar Rapids2026-10-25
kwqc.com
- UPDATE: No one hurt after fire, explosion Quaker Oats in downtown Cedar Rapids2026-10-25
wfmd.com
- IA Quaker Oats Factory Fire2026-10-25
cbs2iowa.com
- Firefighting continues after reported explosion at Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats2026-10-25
thegazette.com
- No fatalities or injuries reported following explosion and fire at Quaker Oats2026-10-25
nypost.com
- Iowa Quaker Oats plant — the world’s largest of its kind — explodes into massive fireball2026-10-25

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