Vancouver firefighters battled a grain fire Wednesday afternoon at the Port of Vancouver, staying on scene for more than five hours.
The Vancouver Fire Department was called to United Grain, 1905 N.W. Harborside Drive at the port, about 4:40 p.m. for a report of a small grain fire, according to an agency statement. They found smoke and flames coming from a ship loader that transfers grain.
Some 30 firefighters, assisted by the Vancouver Fire Boat on the Columbia River and crews from Clark County Fire District 6, removed the grain from the loader and extinguished the blaze.
“Firefighters safely accessed smoldering grain located within the grain loader by creating additional access points in the elevator to facilitate the controlled removal of grain to the ground,” according to the statement.
