Smoking corn causes no damage

By STEVE BENTON   Monday, Dec. 7, 2009
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WCLO's Steve Benton reports Milton and Edgerton firefighters respond to smoke at the United Ethanol plant in Milton

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— United Ethanol officials say there was no damage after smoldering corn was discovered by employees Monday morning.

Plant spokesperson, Dori Lichty, says wet corn in a storage bin got hot through the natural process of spontaneous combustion, but didn't actually catch fire.

Milton and Edgerton firefighters responded to the call around 6 am Monday. They poured some water on the corn to cool it down and returned to their stations.

Lichty says no equipment was damaged, no employees were hurt, and there was no danger to the public.

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papermember
Dec 8, 2009 at 9:58 a.m.
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MikeF, yes you are "missing something", physics 101. It is understandable that someone who hasn't studied this science does not know the "how or why"

MikeF
Dec 8, 2009 at 7:57 a.m.
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So wet corn got hot and started smoking and the solution was to pour MORE water on it? Think I am missing something here..
Also, where did the corn get the smokes from?! Time for another cigarette sweep at the gas stations?

janesvillean
Dec 7, 2009 at 4:53 p.m.
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How high by the Fourth of July?

freeradical
Dec 7, 2009 at 3:45 p.m.
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Localboy, I try to learn something new every day,too.

localboysince1968
Dec 7, 2009 at 3:41 p.m.
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Apparently smoking pot causes no damage also...I just learned that today.

SwissChick
Dec 7, 2009 at 3:14 p.m.
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Yeah, I jumped right on this story when I read the headline. Shucks! . . . Or, . . . Maybe good. Yeah, good.

evansvillehousewife
Dec 7, 2009 at 2:46 p.m.
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LEGALIZE IT!

thekid3477
Dec 7, 2009 at 2:31 p.m.
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ha. i wonder what the buzz is like from smoking corn??

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