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Firefighters with Grant County Fire District No. 4 in Warden walk around the Washington Potato Co. facility Friday morning after spending the night fighting a blaze which broke out in a potato dehydrator Thursday afternoon.

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Fire guts Warden potato processing plant, prompts nighttime evacuation
January 22, 2021 3:20 p.m.

Fire guts Warden potato processing plant, prompts nighttime evacuation

A fire that started late Thursday afternoon completely gutted a major potato processing facility and prompted an evacuation of nearly a third of Warden residents for several hours, according to Grant County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Kyle Foreman.