Long battle with grain fire entering dust collector at ethanol plant

Shell Rock Fire Department was called to a grain fire at the ethanol plant, Flint Hills Resources, on Friday, Sept. 30.
The call went out at 6:44 p.m., Shell Rock Fire Chief Matt Mohn said. Shell Rock First Responders and Clarksville Fire and Ambulance assisted at the scene.
The fire originated in one of the hammer mills and spread to the dust collection system. Shell Rock responders remained on scene until 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, nearly six hours.
“The fire was contained quickly in the mill, but the dust collector was hard to access, which is what took so long,” Mohn said.
Read the full article in the October 13 edition of the papers.