Callender Elevator Controlled Burn
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-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
Cliff McFarland, of West Des Moines, communicates on his headset with fire departments taking part in the controlled burn in Callender Sunday morning. McFarland along with Scott Thompson, of Humboldt, were hired to train firefighters during the exercise.
-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
Weslyn Urban, 6, of Callender, brought a hot dog to the controlled burn in Callender Sunday morning in hopes that the fire might be just hot enough to cook the dog.
-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
Onlookers from around the neighborhood in Callender came equipped Ipads and cell phones to capture the destruction of the grain elevator, located on Rankin Avenue, Sunday morning. The elevator had been there for since the early 1900s.
-Messenger photo by Chad Thompson
Mike Magruder, a Badger volunteer firefighter, left, and Darrell Shirberoun, a Callender volunteer firefighter, get in some hose practice while the grain elevator continues to burn Sunday morning in Callender.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
The controlled burn resulted in at least one now homeless raccoon finding itself in a rather dire predicament. The critter jumped a few seconds later and scampered off down the road, apparently none the worse for wear.
