Baldwin Feed Plant Fire Sends One to Hospital

First responders with Banks, Baldwin and Habersham respond to fire at Fieldale feed mill Friday, Oct. 18.Photo byBrian Wellmeier/Now Habersham

One person was transported to the hospital Friday, Oct. 18, after a fire at a Fieldale feed mill in Baldwin.

Banks County Fire and EMS responded to a call of a fire on the third floor of the mill just after 5:25 p.m. One of the two people evacuated from the building was transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation, according to Banks County Fire Battalion Chief Scottie Mathis.

“Once we got crews up there, we found out it was a motor that had caught on fire,” Mathis said. “We kept it contained to that motor. It filled the third and fourth floor up with smoke.”

Fire crews pack up after extinguishing a fire at a Fieldale feed mill Friday, Oct. 18.Photo byBrian Wellmeier/NowHabersham.com

Once the fire was extinguished, crews removed the motor from the mill, which resumed operation just after 8 p.m.

There was no damage to the multi-story structure during the blaze.

Fire departments from the city of Baldwin, Habersham, and Jackson counties also responded to the call Friday evening.