Many fire departments called Wednesday for small ethanol plant fire – HOI ABC
PUTMAN COUNTY (Heart of Illinois ABC) – A dozen fire departments early Wednesday rushed to an ethanol plant in Hennepin for what turned out to be a small industrial fire that caused minimal damage and no loss of production.
“General safety protocol” went into place because of a fire in duct work that supports giant steam driers at the facility, said Marquis Senior General Counsel Don Rayfield.
By 8 a.m., the fire was fully under control, said Rayfield.
There was never any threat to “life or limb,” he added.
The cause is not known, but Rayfield said steam driven driers aren’t supposed to catch fire or involve fire in any way.
In addition to the Granville Hennepin Fire Protection District, departments called to the scene were Standard, Bureau, Oglesby, Princeton, Peru, Ladd, Henry, Lostant, LaSalle, Troy Grove, and Malden
The company’s website said Marquis is the largest dry-mill ethanol facility in the U.S., producing about 1 million gallons of fuel-grade ethanol per day.
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