Grain Elevator Reduced To Rubble After Fire - Spokane, North Idaho News & Weather KHQ.com

ODESSA, Wash. (AP) - Fire destroyed a grain elevator at Odessa and damaged the wheat, barley and canola stored inside.

Odessa Fire Chief Don Strebeck estimates damage to the Odessa Union Warehouse Cooperative at more than $500,000. 

He says it was about a quarter full with 15,000 bushels of grain, worth about $120,000. After the damaged grain is scraped away, the remaining grain may be salvaged as animal feed. 

Strebeck says the fire broke out at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday and destroyed the tall silo and an attached older wooden building. No evacuations were necessary. Fire hoses stretched across railroad tracks briefly blocked a train. 

The cause of the fire has not been determined, but Strebeck says it's not suspicious.