Thousands of pounds of fertilizer and pesticides were burned during a fire at a nursery in Franklin early Monday that prompted a one-mile shelter-in-place order and sent two firefighters to the hospital, officials said.
The fire broke out in the early morning hours at The Plant Group, LLC., where multiple area fire departments responded to a report of a fire at a warehouse containing fertilizer and possibly pesticides, according to fire officials and a spokesperson for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
The response included the Franklin, Lebanon, Mohegan and Bozrah Fire Departments as well as the DEEP Emergency Response Unit.
State officials said thousands of pounds of fertilizer and pesticides were burned during a fire at a nursery in Franklin early Monday. (Courtesy of the Bozrah Volunteer Fire Company)
The blaze was mostly under control shortly after 10 a.m. with a few hot spots still in place, officials said.
According to a spokesperson for DEEP, about 10 tons of ammonium-based fertilizer and a full pallet of pesticide were consumed in the fire.
As a precaution, a shelter-in-place order was issued for residents within a mile of the fire, according to a DEEP spokesperson, who described the area as “rural.”
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