A spectacular fire demolished M & E Seed and Grain Co. in Prosser and left one person with burns.

A smoldering pile of twisted metal and charred lumber was all that remained Thursday morning after firefighters battled the blaze in downtown Prosser all night.

A few firefighters remained at the scene to monitor the fire.

A smoldering pile of twisted metal and charred lumber is all that remains Thursday morning of the M & E Seed and Grain Co. in downtown Prosser after firefighters battled the fire all night.

The blaze reportedly left one person with burns.

Firefighters were called old to the grain elevator at 500 7th St. shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday.

“We’re getting many calls of the grain elevator just exploded …” emergency dispatchers told police initially. The fireball lit up the area and sent a huge plume of smoke into the sky over the Lower Yakima Valley.

About 22 fire units from various fire agencies through the valley were called out to the old feed store and grain elevator where flames could be seen shooting into the air. Firefighters closed 7th Street and Stacey Avenue while they battled the flames from the ground and from aerial ladder trucks. Fire crews from around the Lower Yakima Valley battled the Prosser grain elevator fire all night…..

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