Heavy smoke could be seen coming from the back section of the Hamer Pellet Fuel Company plant on Wednesday evening. Multiple agencies responded to the plant’s location in the Elkins Industrial Park.
Deputies from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department controlled the front entrance of the Hamer Pellet Fuel Company on Wednesday evening after a fire broke out at the plant. A firetruck from the Beverly Fire Department pulls past the deputies en route to help battle the blaze.