Fire Crews Battle Silo Fire at Processing Plant

A silo fire took place at a processing plant in Corcoran, CA Tuesday morning.

Officials say Kings County Fire received a call at the the J.G. Boswell Co. plant in Central California just after midnight.

When crews arrived they found cotton seed on fire. Officials say the silo had 1,400 tons of seed inside.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. No injuries were reported.

J.G. Boswell Co. is headquartered in Pasadena, CA and was founded in 1925. The company produces, processes, and markets crops including pima cotton, processing tomatoes for paste, and seed crops, as well as livestock operations in Central California.

The processor prides itself on being the only tomato company in the US that maintains complete control of the tomatoes from the seed to the field and through the processing factory to the customers’ doors.