A lack of fire hydrants made for an hourslong fire fight at a corn drying silo in Fitchburg Tuesday night, officials said.
Dane County dispatch said it received a report of a fire on Irish Lane at 9:45 p.m.
The Fitchburg Fire Department said the first arriving units, including a Fitchburg police officer, reported seeing smoke coming from the silo, indicating there was active fire, but flames were not visible outside of the silo.
Firefighters made access cuts to remove the silage, but the corn was damp and wasn't able to flow freely out of the silo, according to the report.
The Fitchburg Department of Public Works brought one of its vacuum trucks to the scene to help remove the silage. Once enough material had been removed, the fire was found in a void space underneath where the silage had been.