Xcel Energy says fire now out in Sherco coal storage barn
Published 10:17 am Tuesday, July 21, 2015
BECKER — Xcel Energy says a fire is now out in the coal storage barn at its Sherco power plant near Becker.
Xcel spokesman Tom Hoen says the Becker Fire Department was called Friday when residual coal and a rubber door seal were spotted smoldering. He says other fire departments helped out over the weekend as hotspots developed.
But he says the fire was declared out Monday morning. All firefighters left except for a Becker pumper truck that stayed as a precaution.