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Fire Continued to Burn at Iowa Ethanol Plant

Fire developed Wednesday in a concrete silo containing dry DDGs

November 30, 2020

A grain silo blaze at the Flint Hills Resources ethanol plant, Fairbank, IA, continued to smolder Friday, reports The Courier.

The Fairbank Fire Department is monitoring the fire which developed Wednesday in a concrete silo a containing dry distillers grain, or DDG, the department said in a news release.

No injuries have been reported.

The fire is believed to have started from spontaneous combustion of the DDG and is contained within the silo.

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