Blogs » Latest News

UPDATE: Fire out at United Ethanol

By GAZETTE STAFF Monday, December 7, 2009 - 7:30 a.m.

MILTON--Spontaneous combustion in wet corn started a fire in an underground conveyor system at United Ethanol, according to a spokesman at the Milton Fire Department.

Milton and Edgerton fire departments responded at 6:05 a.m. to the plant, 1250 Chicago St.

The fire was knocked down within 15 minutes, but firefighters remained on scene for nearly two hours.

Damage estimates are not available at this time.

matthew666
Dec 8, 2009 at 10 a.m.
Suggest removal

Is there anything spookier than spontaneous combustion?

thepeckingorder
Dec 7, 2009 at 1:36 p.m.
Suggest removal

Smells OK here coyote - could be personal hygene.

Eggs
Dec 7, 2009 at 12:37 p.m.
Suggest removal

If this was an egg conveyor belt, I doubt it would have caught fire. But there is corn in eggs, so there is at some point when corn becomes not flamable. Really makes you think.

richardbachman
Dec 7, 2009 at 12:11 p.m.
Suggest removal

No, I think we have to bring our own popcorn.

gmaof3
Dec 7, 2009 at 12:01 p.m.
Suggest removal

One of these days.........

If it blows up, will it rain popcorn?

JvlBorn
Dec 7, 2009 at 11:19 a.m.
Suggest removal

You cannot be serious, beeferer?! Get out much?

wannabe30
Dec 7, 2009 at 10:18 a.m.
Suggest removal

Glad to hear it was taken care of right away and no one was hurt

beeferer
Dec 7, 2009 at 9:32 a.m.
Suggest removal

OK. How about an update? Are damages estimates available now? It's been over two hours!!!

coyote
Dec 7, 2009 at 9:18 a.m.
Suggest removal

It still stinks around there.

localboysince1968
Dec 7, 2009 at 9:13 a.m.
Suggest removal

It is a gas to think this story was fueled by the need to report....It fires me up.

ringsforus
Dec 7, 2009 at 9:06 a.m.
Suggest removal

lol

Before you post a comment, consider this:

Note: GazetteXtra.com does not condone or review every comment. Read more in our User Policy Agreement

Keep it clean. Comments that are obscene, vulgar or sexually oriented will be removed. Creative spelling of such terms or implied use of such language is banned, also.
Don't threaten to hurt or kill anyone.
Be nice. No racism, sexism or any other sort of -ism that degrades another person.
Harassing comments. If you are the subject of a harassing comment or personal attack by another user, do not respond in-kind. Hit the "Suggest Removal" button on offensive comments.
Share what you know. Give us your eyewitness accounts, background, observations and history.
Do not libel anyone. Libel is writing something false about someone that damages that person's reputation.
Ask questions. What more do you want to know about the story?
Stay focused. Keep on the story's topic.
Help us get it right. If you spot a factual error or misspelling, email newsroom@gazettextra.com or call 1-800-362-6712.
Remember, this is our site. We set the rules, and we reserve the right to remove any comments that we deem inappropriate.

Post Comment

Commenting requires registration.

News:

Opinion:

Blogs | Columns | Political Cartoons | Polls

Sports:

Multimedia:

Community:

Births | Couples | Obituaries | Death Notices

Blogs

Blog List | Latest Blog Entries

Services:

Copyright ©2007 Bliss Communications Inc. All rights reserved. Use of this material and this site are subject to the GazetteExtra Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Content may not be published, broadcast, re-distributed or re-written.