Date: January 29, 2018
Location: Grantham, England (United Kingdom)
Address: Springfield Road, NG31 7SH
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Grain
Industry: Malt Production (Food Processing)
Equipment: Hopper
Company: Bairds Malt Ltd.
Previous Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to the company website, Bairds Malt facility in Grantham was built in 1964 and uses the Lincolnshire barley fields to produce and supply malt to customers throughout Central and Southern England. It operates a ‘Wanderhaufen’ type of malting plant, consisting of separate steeping, germination and kilning vessels, and produces around 30,000 tonnes of malt, mostly for traditional UK brewers.
Description of Malting Plant Fire:
On January 31, 2018, Powder Bulk Solids reported a dust fire at a malting plant in Grantham, England, UK. One of the firefighters who responded said that the fire was believed to originate in one of the hoppers on the seventh floor of the building.
Fire crews remained on scene fighting the fire until the next morning. Several police cars and an ambulance were also at the site and the road was closed in both directions for several hours.
Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue told the Grantham Journal that the fifth and sixth floors of the plant experienced severe fire damage while smoke damage affected the seventh and eighth floors.
According to the police, the exact cause of the fire remains under investigation but it does not appear to be suspicious. There were no injuries reported.
Sources:
Powder Bulk Solids
Grantham Journal
