Multiple fire departments respond to reports of an explosion at Top Flight in Beason on Wednesday

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[March 09, 2018] 

On Wednesday afternoon at 3:53 p.m. Beason Fire, Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District, and Atlanta Fire Department, and Logan County Paramedics were dispatched to the Top Flight Grain Elevator at 2140 Clinton Street in Beason in response to reports of a large boom and fire observed coming out of the side on one of the buildings.

Beason arrived on scene first and advised that all workers were accounted for and okay.

Inside was a light haze of smoke and burnt odor however no active fire was observed.

All units began investigating throughout the structure to find where the source of the explosion had originated from. There was some damage observed but nothing in the way of structural damage to the elevator itself.

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Several members from Beason and Lincoln Rural climbed to the top of the elevator and observed an area where it appeared that a mechanical area at the top had sustained some damage and had some hot spots that would need to be addressed.

Lincoln Rural set up its 105’ aerial ladder and then connected a hose off of the end for crews to be able to extinguish the hot spots. Once this was completed all Lincoln Rural units were cleared from the scene by Beason command.

No injuries occurred to employees or fire department personnel.

[Chief Chris Buse
Lincoln Rural Fire Protection District]

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