Second fire erupts at Prineville hemp plant

Another fire erupted Tuesday morning at a Prineville hemp processing plant. According to a Crook County Fire and Rescue report, firefighters responded to a Nov. 2 blaze at Central Oregon Processing at 8:54 a.m. Initial reports were there had been a flammable liquid spill at the Isolation Building and a subsequent fire. Fire crews arrived to find an exterior fire burning among outside mechanical equipment. The fire had also spread to the interior of the building. The fire suppression system in the building activated and was able to control further spread of the fire until crews arrived to completely extinguish the flames. Crews were on scene for approximately three hours, as they worked to ventilate the building, ensuring the flammable gas vapors still present in the structure did not reignite. The subsequent fire investigation determined the fire was caused by overfilling a holding tank inside the building.

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