A Monday evening fire (Jan. 9) destroyed a 50,000 square foot facility at the family-owned Hoopes Fertilizer Works Inc., East Rochester, Ohio, according to the local media, citing Aaron Stoller, chief of the Sandy Creek Joint Fire District. He said the fire caused a total loss and that very little fertilizer was in the facility, with most of the inventory currently salt and deicing products.
All employees had left the facility prior to the fire being reported.
Norfolk and Southern Railroad tracks run behind the facility and trains were delayed until the fire was extinguished.