(ST MARY'S, Kan.)—
Firefighters in the northeast Kansas town of St. Mary's were busy Friday morning dealing with a massive grain elevator fire.
An old wooden grain elevator caught fire early Friday morning. Flames from the blaze could be seen for miles.
KMAN reports the fire at the co-op in St. Marys started around 2 a.m. Friday. Pottawatomie County fire supervisor Bruce Brazzle says the blaze appears suspicious because the co-op was in the process of being demolished and there was no power to the building.
Brazzle says several businesses along Main Street sustained melted windows and roof damage that could cost millions of dollars to fix, but no estimates were immediately available.
Firefighters from several nearby cities were called in to assist with the fire.
