Cause unknown in grain elevator fires

TROY, Idaho – Three grain elevators containing an estimated 3 million to 6 million pounds of lentils, peas and garbanzo beans burned to the ground in a fire that drew more than 60 firefighters.

Ron Stearns, chief of the Troy Rural Fire Department, said the cause of the blaze this weekend that destroyed the George F. Brocke and Sons grain elevators was unknown.

The stockpile of beans and lentils continued to spew smoke on Tuesday. Officials said the town could have to contend with the smoke for days.