Grain elevator fire sends black smoke over Randolph
Randolph, IA 51649 - 5/27/2026 02:15 PM
As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews from multiple towns are responding to a large fire at or near a grain elevator in the Randolph area. Radio traffic mentions heavy black smoke, heat from parts of the elevator, and burning conveyor belts. Several tankers, pumpers, and mutual aid departments from surrounding communities are working together to supply water and control the incident. The situation appears to be an ongoing industrial fire rather than a residential structure fire, but full details are not confirmed over the radio.
Mills County Sheriff, Fire and EMS
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00:00
Go ahead.
00:03
We're starting to get a lot of black smoke out of the top of the elevator again, and we're getting some more heat out of the north elevator now.
00:13
Clear. We're just waiting on a tanker overchange.
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