As flames continue burning... Assess structural / equipment damage. Plan dismantling operations. Coordinate plan with fire / police crews. Three explosions. Fire. The Andersons 5.9 million-bushel grain storage and loading facility on the Maumee River. Toledo, Ohio. Solutions for The Andersons Man site as soon as police crews allow access. With grain burning below, cut collapsed roof clearing path to conveyors. Remove damaged equipment and structures enabling fire crews to extinguish the blaze. Highest point – 220' above ground Work out of man baskets suspended from cranes and boom lifts. Lowest – 40' below ground Removing damaged equipment in conveyor tunnels. Temperatures in tank reach 650 degrees F. Cool crews with water streams; rotate for cooling, hydration and rest to combat both

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