Date: May 9, 2022
Location: Palouse, Washington (USA)
Address: 110 W. Main Street, 99161
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Grain Dust
Industry: Barley Production (Agriculture)
Equipment: Shaker
Company: Palouse Grain Growers Inc.
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to its website, Palouse Grain Growers Inc. is a barley producing cooperative in Palouse, Washington. It was established in 1930 and is home to Palouse pearled barley.
Incident Description:
On May 9, 2022, Big Country News reported a fire inside a barley pellet processing plant in Palouse, Washington.
Whitman County Fire District 4 Volunteers from Palouse responded to a fire inside the plant around 1:00 p.m. Volunteers from Whitman County Fire District 12 and volunteers from the Potlatch and Moscow Fire Departments were called in to assist.
Firefighters found the fire in a shaker inside the barley pellet processing plant. Three workers were checked out for possible smoke inhalation.
No injuries were reported.
Sources:
Big Country News
