Grain elevator fire in Wheaton (Special to KFGO News)
WHEATON, Minn. (KFGO) – Farmers are getting credit for helping save part of the Triple J Seed Farms Elevator in Wheaton.
Traverse County Sheriff Trevor Wright says the city worked most of the day on Thursday to repair a water main break and the water tower was only maintaining pressure to preserve the tower and system.
When the blaze broke out shortly after 5 p.m., Wright says the tower was quickly depleted. A mutual aid request for water and pumper trucks went out to the Dumont, Tintah, and Herman Fire Departments and Wright says farmers used tanker-trailers to haul water to the elevator.
He says the scene will be watched for flare-ups throughout weekend. The cause of the fire is under in investigation.
Wheaton is about 90 miles south of Moorhead on Highway 75.
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