Firefighters responded to a large fire on Monday afternoon at a defunct grain elevator in Superior.
Formerly the Globe Elevators, the fire was located at 2 Banks Ave., in Superior adjacent to the operational General Mills elevators. Large flames and smoke plumes were visible from places throughout the Twin Ports, blowing the trail of smoke northeast for all to see.
"This is a large wooden structure so it's going to burn for a while," Mayor Jim Paine said in a statement on Facebook. "The wood is untreated, old growth timber, not much different than what you would throw in a fireplace. Superior Fire (Department) is on the scene, there are no injuries, and we don't expect much damage beyond the structure itself."
Battalion Chief Scott Gordon of the Superior Fire Department told the News Tribune that three contracted workers and the owner of the structure were working there and located safely right away.