Members of Luverne Fire Department track down an minor fire that started in the interior walls of the stack at the Agri-Energy Ethanol Plant Tuesday. According to plant manager Rick Serie, contractors were cutting portholes in the stack to connect the new thermal oxidizer when a spark from a cutting torch ignited packing materials in the housing of the scrubber. After attempting to flush out the fire on their own, ethanol plant employees called in the professionals as an added precaution. Fire crews worked on it for about an hour.
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