Around 5:30am on Friday, the Marshall County Communication Center dispatched the Green Mountain Fire and EMS, along with Marshall County Sheriffs Office, Unity Point Health, and LeGrand Fire Department to the Mid-Iowa Cooperative for a collapsed and explosion of a grain bin.

That is Marshall County Sheriff Joel Phillips, he was able to join the KFJB line Friday morning just a few hours after the initial call.  According to the press release from Green Mountain Fire Chief, Patrick Cornwell, it appeared to be the oldest bin on site that failed.  They found a natural gas meter had been damaged and was leaking, Alliant Energy was called to secure the leak.  Green Mountain firefighters were at the scene until approximately 7:30 a.m. when Alliant Energy was able to secure the gas line.

Zach Tomesch, News Director KFJB