Date: January 13, 2019
Location: Walnut Grove, Minnesota (USA)
Address: 11834 Duncan Avenue, 56180
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Grain Dust
Industry: Grain Processing (Agriculture)
Equipment: Conveyor Belt
Company: Meadowland Farmers Cooperative
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to the company website, Meadowland Farmers Cooperative is a grain farmer’s cooperative headquartered in Walnut Grove, Minnesota. It has grain elevators and agronomy locations all over the state.
Incident Description:
On January 13, 2019, the Marshall Independent reported a fire at a grain storage facility in Walnut Grove, Minnesota.
Fire departments from several counties responded to the fire, which occurred in a conveyor system underneath a 500-foot grain building. A Walnut Grove Fire Department representative said that the location made it challenging to put out: firefighters had limited access to the tunnel and there were five million bushels of grain being stored in the building itself.
They ended up flooding the tunnel to extinguish the fire. The Headlight Herald reported that the tunnel was 600 feet long and open at both ends.
The high volume of smoke given off by the fire required law enforcement to control traffic on the nearby U.S. Highway 14.
No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Sources:
Independent
Headlight Herald
