USA, ID: Fire destroys hop barn outside Idaho city

Fire officials in Wilder are puzzling over the cause of a fire that destroyed an estimated $2 mln worth of hops and machinery used to dry the pine-cone like flowers, kboi2.com reported on September, 18.

The fire ignited in one of several hop driers in a barn outside the southwest Idaho city.

Wilder Fire Chief Doug Amick says the fire spread quickly and forced fire-fighters to focus on keeping the flames from spreading to other structures.

Hops grow all across south-western Idaho.

Amick declined to identify the farmer suffering the loss or the brewing company who had contracted for the hops.

21 September, 2012