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Photos: Fire at Blount County Farmers Co-Op

Submitted by Melynda Sides, Digital Content Producer

Tuesday, November 20th, 2012, 3:31pm

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Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

Smoke plumes could be seen from a fire at the Blount County Farmers Co-Op in Oneonta on Tuesday, Nov. 20.

Alan Collins

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

Officials closed off two blocks of Highway 75 for a few hours Tuesday as firefighters responded to the blaze.

Alan Collins

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

The building that caught on fire was a storage shed used to house chemicals.

Alan Collins

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

A viewer sent us this photo of the smoke rising from the blaze.

Viewer photo

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

Smoke could be seen over Oneonta from the Fox 6 web cam atop the Blount County Courthouse building.

Fox 6 web cam

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

View from the Fox 6 web cam in Oneonta.

Fox 6 web cam

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

View from the Fox 6 web cam in Oneonta.

Fox 6 web cam

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

A viewer sent us this photo from the scene of the fire.

Viewer

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

The fire broke out at a storage shed on the property of the Blount County Farmers Co-Op, behind the retail section.

WBRC video

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

Firefighters respond to the scene.

WBRC video

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

WBRC video

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

WBRC video

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

WBRC video

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

Workers are damming a creek near the co-op to keep the water used to extinguish the flames from running into the creek.

Alan Collins

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

Source: MyFoxAl.com Facebook courtesy of Justin Gibbs

Blount County Farmers Co-Op fire

Source: MyFoxAl.com Facebook courtesy of Lacie Holt Moon

UPDATE:

The fire has been ruled accidental. Officials with the Alabama State Marshal's Office and Oneonta Fire Department say the fire started as a result of machinery being parked too close to combustible materials. Read more here.

ORIGINAL STORY:

These are photos from the scene of a fire at the Blount County Farmers Co-Op in Oneonta on Tuesday, Nov. 20.

No one was injured in the blaze, and the cause of the fire is still unknown. A storage shed that housed chemicals at the co-op caught on fire. Some witnesses reported hearing explosions before the fire broke out, which officials say may have been propane tanks.

A portion of Highway 75 was shut down Tuesday to allow firefighters to put out the blaze. It has since reopened to traffic.