HUTCHINSON— Crews responded to 3200 East 30th for a fire at the Evergy Energy plant just before 11a.m. Friday.

A large column of black smoke could be seen while units were responding. On arrival, fire was found inside the old power generating tower that was being demolished. A demolition recycling crew was working with a cutting torch when insulation and roofing material caught on fire, with the strong north wind, the fire spread quickly.

Fire crews utilized two aerial streams and quickly brought the fire under control. Fire crews with the help of the demolition crew were able to move items to finish extinguishing the fire. There were no injuries.

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HUTCHINSON —Crews were on the scene of a fire a the former Westar now Evergy demolition site on East 30th in Hutchinson Friday morning.

They responded to the scene just before 11a.m. and were able to bring the fire under control with no threat of it spreading any further and continued to put out various hot spots late Friday morning.

Authorities have not reported a cause and have not reported any injuries.