116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Sinclair fire finally out
After a few days of firefighting and a few weeks of baby-sitting, Cedar Rapids firefighters packed up and said goodbye to the Sinclair property fire early Wednesday afternoon.
The fire began at around 6:36 a.m. on Dec. 15, and spread to the installations eight interconnected buildings, many of which were three stories high, and encompassed around 125,000 square feet.
Firefighters handled a smaller scale blaze at the facility back in July.
Fire officials said that crews had dumped millions of gallons of water on the property since the fire broke out, but that crews of six have been at the site over the past week making sure that the smoldering remains stayed under control
With downtown Cedar Rapids at the top of the photo, Cedar Rapids Fire Departments crews spray water on a smoldering fire and demolition crews from D.W. Zinser work to knock down parts of the interconnected buildings at the former Farmstead Foods site Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, in southeast Cedar Rapids. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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