CRESTON — Several area fire departments responded to a fire at FS Grain in Creston Friday morning where they remained for more than five hours.

At 10:57 a.m. the Rochelle Fire Department was called to the business along Illinois Route 38 for flames coming from a fan in a corn storage building. Upon arrival, flames were visible from outside the structure.

There were 750,000 bushels of corn in the storage warehouse which holds 2 million bushels.

According to Rochelle Fire Chief Dave Sawlsville, the fire was brought under control by cutting holes in the roof of the building and using thermal imaging, to direct water to the hot spots. 

Firefighters from Rochelle, Steward, Creston, Flagg-Center, Hillcrest, Malta, Lynn-Scot-Rock, Lee, Kirkland, DeKalb and Oregon were all on scene to assist.

No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.