Date: January 20, 2021
Location: Brooks, Alberta (CA)
Address: Range Road 150 and Highway 1, T0J 0Z0
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Grain Dust
Industry: Grain Processing (Agriculture)
Equipment: Grain Elevator
Company: Unknown
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: Three Injured
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
The company that owns the grain elevator was not identified in any press coverage of this incident. It was identified as being west of Brooks, Alberta, near the JBS meat plant.
Incident Description:
On January 21, 2021, Feed & Grain reported a grain elevator fire at a facility outside of Brooks, Alberta.
The RCMP, along with the Brooks Fire Department, EMS and Fortis responded to the incident. They remained on scene for a while and asked the public to avoid the area during firefighting efforts.
Three workers were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Alberta Occupational Health and Safety is investigating the fire with Brooks RCMP.
Sources:
Feed & Grain
