Callender Elevator Controlled Burn
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-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Duncombe firefighter Zach Trent watches as a pile of pallets and other wood debris begins burning inside the old wood grain elevator in Callender. Trent had the honor of lighting the fire.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
A crew sprays water to keep the fire from spreading in the wrong direction shortly after it was lit Sunday morning. This is only about 8 minutes after it was started.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
As flames burst from the head house on the old elevator, a double rainbow forms in the mist from one of the streams of water being poured on the exterio of the building.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Fort Dodge Fire Cpt. Paul Neeson sprays water on the elevator burn from the department's snorkel truck Sunday morning. Crews would spray water on the exterior of the building to keep the fire contained to the interior of the building.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
A pair of firefighters spray water on the east side of the elevator Sunday morning to keep the flames contained to the interior as much as possible.
