A historic flour mill in northeast Oregon was destroyed in a fire Wednesday morning.
According to the Pendleton Police Department, the fire at theGrain CraftFlour Mill in Pendleton, OR, started around 2:55 p.m. Tuesday,KHQreported.
The Pendleton Fire Department responded to a report of visible black smoke and quickly extinguished a small fire.
Pendleton Police Chief Chuck Byram, the designated public information officer for the fire, toldOPBthat the flour mill initially caught fire Tuesday afternoon when there was failure in a sifter’s filter. Fire crews evacuated the mill without incident and put out the fire.
The fire reignited Wednesday morning around 4 a.m. when no one was in the building. According to a press release, the building became engulfed when dry grain and wood inside the building caught fire.
Images shared on Facebookshow a massive plume of smoke and flames rising from the structure.
The press release refers to the building as a “total loss.” Grain Craft noted that 22 people worked at the facility but there were no injuries reported.
Grain Craft, Chattanooga, TN, provides premium bulk and bagged flours through13 milling locations across the U.S．今年6月,该公司宣布,它已经acquired by Baltimore-based Redwood Capital Investments．
