Update on Oct. 21, 2024 @ 8:15 p.m.
Just before 5:30 p.m. on Friday, a commercial structure fire in Baldwin at Fieldale Farms resulted in one person being transported for treatment.
Banks County Fire and Emergency Services responded to the multi-story facility with smoke showing from the fourth floor.
The fire was contained to the original floor and did minor damage to the facility.
An employee was treated and transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center suffering from possible smoke inhalation according to officials.
He was listed by Banks County EMS as being in stable condition.
No other injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is listed as accidental from a machine’s bearing failing during production.
Original story published on Oct. 21, 2024 @ 1:25 p.m.
One person was taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville on Friday after a fire at the Fieldale Farms feed mill in Baldwin.
Habersham County spokesman Rob Moore said Habersham County Emergency Services and Banks County Fire and EMS responded to an equipment motor fire just before 5:30 p.m.
Moore said the feed mill resumed operations at around 8 p.m.
AccessWDUN has contacted Banks County Fire and EMS for more details.
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