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ALTON, Iowa -- After two days of trying to put out a corn fire in the aftermath of a grain elevator explosion, authorities are calling in heavy equipment. Silo fire still burning in Alton Skip to ...
On April 11, 2010, a 26-year-old male volunteer Assistant Fire Chief (the victim) responded to a silo fire at a local farm. Upon arrival, he observed open doors (hatches) on top of the 60-foot ...
In the early morning hours of Sept. 30, a farm owner noticed the smell of smoke coming from a 70-foot stave silo in the town of Byron, in rural Fond du Lac County, and called the fire department.
A stubborn fire in a silo at a pet food processing plant in Hazle Township kept firefighters from four counties busy Tuesday night into Wednesday as they meticulously worked to extinguish the ...