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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — <\/span>An apparent explosion caused a fire Saturday at a Quaker Oats plant in Iowa that the company touts as the largest milling facility in the world. No one was hurt, fire officials said.<\/p>\n The Cedar Rapids Fire Department said firefighters responded to the call at about 4:45 p.m. Video and photos posted to social media showed black smoke over the downtown of the city of about 140,000.<\/p>\n The fire evidently began with an explosion, the department said via Facebook. <\/p>\n All workers got out safely and were accounted for without any injuries, Mayor Tiffany O\u2019Donnell said in a Facebook video.<\/p>\n The fire happened in an area of the building that handled products, O\u2019Donnell said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not heavily populated with employees and team members. Which of course in this case was a blessing,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said.<\/p>\n There was no immediate information on what caused the fire. <\/p>\n PepsiCo Foods US said in a statement that fire responders went to the scene of the blaze and how it started would be investigated.<\/p>\n The Quaker Oats brand, by way of the Quaker Mill Company, turns 150 years old in 2027. It is owned by PepsiCo.<\/p>\n The Quaker Oats facility is the largest milling facility in the world, processing over 2 million pounds (900,000 kilograms) of oats daily, according to the company\u2019s website. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n