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Crews Battle Fire At Ag Partners Elevator In Albert City

October 08, 2021 Steve Schwaller

Multiple departments responded to a fire early this (Fri) morning at the Ag Partners grain elevator in Albert City.

Ag Partners CEO Troy Upah says the fire was first discovered around 6am…

“We had a fire that appears to have started on one of the top belts. More work being done in regard to investigating the cause and at this point the fire department is still on the scene and appears to have the fires put out, but at this point they’re still on the scene and working through it.”

Fire departments from Albert City, Storm Lake, Newell, Marathon, and Rembrandt responded to the scene, as well as the Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Office, Newell Police Department, and BVRMC Ambulance.

(Story courtesy Community First Broadcasting station KAYL in Storm Lake. Photo courtesy Sue Shold)