Crews spend hours in frigid conditions to extinguish fire at Sidney business

SIDNEY — Sidney firefighters spent hours Sunday working to extinguish a fire at a business in Sidney.

Crews were called to reports of a fire at a food manufacturing business in the 2000 block of Industrial Drive around 8:45 a.m., according to fire officials.

When crews arrived on the scene they found a fire in a bean extractor dryer that had extended to other parts of the machine.

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It took around three hours in frigid conditions for firefighters to extinguish the fire and make sure it had not spread to other parts of the building.

All off-duty personnel were recalled to assist at the scene and staff the fire station.

No firefighters or employees were injured.

The cause of the fire is unintentional and mechanical in nature, according to fire officials.

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