A working structure fire is reported at Hanson Aggregates off Cedar Street in the City of Batavia. City fire is responding.
There are workers who were working on the silo and some material fell onto the roof and started a fire, which they thought they extinguished, but it reignited, according to the initial caller to the dispatch center.
UPDATE 11:42 a.m.: City command calls the third platoon to headquarters to stand by in quarters.
UPDATE 11:43 a.m.: The fire is out; working now on overhaul and accessing the damaged area of the building. Command says city police can reopen Cedar Street.
UPDATE 11:52 a.m.: Workers were using a blowtorch to cut some metal and slag fell onto the roof, starting the conflagration.
