Hop warehouse fire in Yakima.
Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:16 pm
A Steiner warehouse appears to be a total loss due to a fire. About 2 million pounds (10,000 bales, 3-4% of total U.S. crop) worth about $4-5 million was destroyed. Fire is under investigation, but likely spontaneous combustion may have been the cause. Appears that most of the hops that were lost were high alpha varieties.
CNN story: http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/10/03/hops.fire.ap/
CNN story: http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/10/03/hops.fire.ap/