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Local agencies respond to Craigmont fire
Origin, cause of Sunday blaze that destroyed five structures under investigation
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Contributed photo / Mike and Michele Perdue
Mike and Michele Perdue of Grangeville caught this view of the Craigmont elevators on fire at 6:30 p.m. last Sunday, May 12, from U.S. Highway 95. 


   CRAIGMONT -- The damage assessment is ongoing following Sunday's catastrophic fire incident at Craigmont that consumed five structures, and was intensive enough to draw emergency services responders from across North Central Idaho and Washington State.
   No serious injuries were reported from the fire incident, which covered an approximate two square city blocks area and was contained within the grain bin complex. The Idaho State Fire Marshal's Office was to be on scene yesterday, May 14, to determine origin and cause of the blaze that destroyed agricultural storage facilities in the heart of this Camas Prairie community approximately seven miles north of Ferdinand in Lewis County.
   According to a Lewis County press release, the Hinrich Trading Company lost a grain elevator containing garbanzo beans, and a connected flat house; Columbia Grain Company lost a maintenance shop and also two grain elevators containing peas, wheat and barley.
   The fire was reported Sunday, May 12, 2:25 p.m., in the head house of the Hinrich garbanzo bean elevator, and all known hazardous materials were removed from the vicinity. Law enforcement evacuated several blocks around the fire, and the Highland High School gym was made available for temporarily displaced families. At 3 p.m., the City of Craigmont declared an emergency, later followed at 9:10 p.m. emergency declaration by the Lewis County Commissioners. School was canceled for Craigmont on Monday, May 13.
   Assistance to Craigmont emergency responders came from throughout the region, including from the Idaho County area: Kamiah, Kooskia, Ferdinand and Cottonwood fire departments, St. Mary's Hospital ambulance, and the Idaho County Sheriff's Office.
   
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