GREAT BEND — A fire early Monday morning resulted in more than $1 million in damage to a Barton County business. The fire took place at Little Giant Fittings Co., located halfway between Great Bend and Ellinwood on U.S. 56.
According to the Great Bend Fire Department, a call came in to 911 at 7:16 a.m. Monday morning by a motorist on U.S. 56 who saw black smoke coming from one of the buildings on the property.
When firefighters arrived, a metal building where fittings are produced had heavy smoke coming from it. The smoke along with the heat from the fire resulted in damage to the structure and equipment inside.
An investigator from the Kansas Fire Marshal’s Office could not determine the cause but said the fire was not considered suspicious.