Updated to version 16.22 (oldest experimental version available on steam), and I managed to complete the first level of First Steps with no crashes.

Attached save file if you're interested.

Looks like the problem was solved when updated to version 16

I was being an idiot - Steam says that the newest version is 0.16.27, however, in the "about" of the factorio menus it is version 0.15.40.

Since factorio is on auto-update in my Steam, it doesn't seem like I'll be going to version 16 anytime soon...

I've been having problems playing the factorio campaign. In the first level of First Steps, when it autosaves (usually after placing the stone furnace or the burner mining drill), the game crashes, with a dialogue box saying that an unexpected error occurred, and asking me if I would want to see the ...