WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) - Firefighters from multiple departments spent Friday night battling a straw bale fire in Wahpeton.
KFGO reports the fire began around 7:30 p.m. at the Masonite PrimeBoard plant. Two blocks of straw bales 70 feet high caught on fire, with the blaze spreading to a third block.
Firefighters from Wahpeton, Dwight, Breckenridge and Morton finally contained the blaze early Saturday morning.
Emergency officials have asked nearby residents to keep windows and doors closed and to shelter-in-place as smoke wafts through the area.
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