Grass seed prices will go up.
quote:A massive fire destroyed a warehouse in Halsey, burning up to three million pounds of grass seed and clover early Thursday morning.
Chief Travis Hewitt of the Halsey-Shedd Rural Fire Protection District said the 7,500-square-foot warehouse owned by Smith Seed Services was almost fully engulfed in flames by the time responders arrived just after 3:40 a.m.
Hewitt said workers and crews from neighboring fire departments helped out to keep the fire from spreading to the other seven warehouses nearby. Firefighters were able to get the blaze contained in just over an hour, and no one was hurt.
The State Fire Marshal's Office has been called in to help with the investigation. At this time, Hewitt said they don't know what started the blaze but said it first sparked up outside the building, and no one was on the property when it happened. The warehouse didn't have a sprinkler system.
"With the heat being the way it is for the last month, it could've been anything," Hewitt said. "It could of started a long time ago and smoldered and just finally kicked off."
Hewitt said each warehouse can hold up to three million pounds of seed and the harvest season is just starting to wrap up.
Smith Seed Services works with farms and ships their product all over the world. Co-owner Jason Schrock said the majority of seed lost was product they owned. He said the fire won't put them out of businessthey were out there yesterday still collecting seeds.
Chief Travis Hewitt of the Halsey-Shedd Rural Fire Protection District said the 7,500-square-foot warehouse owned by Smith Seed Services was almost fully engulfed in flames by the time responders arrived just after 3:40 a.m.
Hewitt said workers and crews from neighboring fire departments helped out to keep the fire from spreading to the other seven warehouses nearby. Firefighters were able to get the blaze contained in just over an hour, and no one was hurt.
The State Fire Marshal's Office has been called in to help with the investigation. At this time, Hewitt said they don't know what started the blaze but said it first sparked up outside the building, and no one was on the property when it happened. The warehouse didn't have a sprinkler system.
"With the heat being the way it is for the last month, it could've been anything," Hewitt said. "It could of started a long time ago and smoldered and just finally kicked off."
Hewitt said each warehouse can hold up to three million pounds of seed and the harvest season is just starting to wrap up.
Smith Seed Services works with farms and ships their product all over the world. Co-owner Jason Schrock said the majority of seed lost was product they owned. He said the fire won't put them out of businessthey were out there yesterday still collecting seeds.
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