There isn't much new to report from the overnight fire at Baskin Livestock in Bethany. I was out to the property this afternoon and firefighters were on scene dealing with hotspots and flare-ups.
Bethany Fire Chief Jeff Fluker hadn't even been home since arriving on scene shortly after 11 p.m. last night. He started to leave early this morning and then there was a small fire that broke out in the cyclone (it separates packaging from discarded baked goods).
I interviewed Fluker, but my phone died in the middle of the conversation, so no direct quotes here, working off memory.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
The main structure is largely intact, but it's too soon to estimate the extent of the damage and how much of the feed-processing equipment was damaged, but some of it was damaged.
We spoke about the water supply, which was definitely a problem, but for a fire this size, he said, with three ladder trucks going, even a public water supply would have a hard time keeping up. It takes 10 tanker trucks to service one ladder truck.
