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Fire Extinguished at Mid America Feeders in Great Bend, KS

Firefighters arrived to find smoke coming from the grain-delivery leg of a grain elevator

November 30, 2020

Great Bend Fire Department units responded to Mid America Feeders, 251 NW 10 Ave., at 3:52 p.m. Thursday.

Firefighters arrived to find smoke coming from the grain-delivery leg of a grain elevator. To read more click here.

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