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A potato plant exploded into flames in Washington on Thursday night prompting a Level 3 evacuation order due to the risk of ammonia explosion, according to Fox News.
“This Level 3 notice means you should leave the area now. Do not delay,” the sheriff’s department said in the alert. “Law enforcement officers will go door-to-door to notify persons in the Level 3 area.”
Warden Police and several fire agencies on the scene of a commercial structure fire at Washington Potato in Warden. Early reports of no injuries. pic.twitter.com/S7tQ3hPwVb
— Grant County Sheriff (@GrantCoSheriff) January 22, 2021
UPDATE: door-to-door evacuations have been completed. Fire will continue to burn w/the hope the tank won't explode. Grant. Co. PIO says fire was reported to have started in a dehydration unit at the Washington Potato Co. Building expected to be "total loss." https://t.co/U0Dobmbv7T
— Mark Hanrahan (@KREMMark) January 22, 2021
“Fire will continue to burn w/the hope the tank won’t explode. Grant. Co. PIO says fire was reported to have started in a dehydration unit at the Washington Potato Co. Building expected to be ‘total loss,'” he tweeted.
No injuries were reported.
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Warden is about 100 miles southwest of Spokane.
The fire was knocked down by early Friday morning and residents were allowed to return to their homes, KXLY-TV in Spokane reported. There were no reports of an explosion.
