Grain Elevator Fire Forces Residents to EvacuateGrain Elevator Fire Forces Residents to Evacuate

Firefighters from several area departments worked to douse blaze at a grain elevator in Marengo, SK on Thursday night, according to the Kindersley Fire Department.

After crews were sent to the site at 10:46 p.m., officials called for evacuations and advised people to stay away from the area, the fire department said in a post to its Facebook page.

“The elevator at the southern part of the Village of Marengo was involved in a fire in the late hours of October 8^th, 2020. An evacuation of the village and the surrounding area in the Rural Municipality of Milton No. 292 was performed for the safety of all in the area, Marengo officials said in a statement.

A state of emergency was declared in the village and the rural municipality.

Fire personnel were still on scene into Friday morning.