Firefighters from Atlantic used foam to extinguish a fire in the Hubbard Feeds Mill, early afternoon.  Atlantic Fire Chief Tom Cappel told KJAN News, fighters were dispatched at 12:01-p.m. to the business located 60260 Marne Road, just northwest of Atlantic.

Images from the Atlantic Fire & Rescue Facebook page.

Cappel said when they arrived they found smoke showing through the top of the building, which turned out to be a staircase to the elevator. The fire was coming from a pellet mill. The pellets come out at around 160-to 180-degrees he said, and drop into a cooler in the basement area of the feed mill until they are dry and at room temperature.

In this case, the pellet mill got too hot. Crews had to extinguish hot spots in both the mill and basement cooler area. They used foam to suffocate the flames and heat. Hubbard employees also helped by shutting down the equipment and evacuating the structure. No injuries were reported.

Atlantic Fire was assisted at the scene by the Atlantic Police Department, Cass County Sheriff’s Office and Medivac Ambulance.