Firefighters tackle coal bin blaze

During last week's town council meeting, Public Works Director Scott Green informed the council that a fire occurred in the early morning of Saturday, November 9 at the Moorcroft Town Center.

According to Green, "The previous morning, the auger for boiler 2 broke."

This auger moves coal from the storage bin to the boiler. After the fire, the auger was repaired and is currently up and running.

In a later interview, Green stated that they are in the process of moving the affected coal to the auger.

"In a situation like that we have to get through all that coal to get to where [the affected coal]...