Firefighters in Greeley were monitoring a fire that destroyed a grain elevator Wednesday night.
The blaze was reported shortly after 9 p.m. at the Greeley Seed Company in the 1200 block of Ash Avenue.
The silo stores bird seed, and firefighters were concerned it would collapse into a nearby warehouse. Firefighters were kept at safe distance because of the fear of a possible collapse of the structure.
The cold and snow made the fire more difficult to fight.
"We are using water out here. Our firefighters get wet. It's cold, windy and the water makes ice and it gets slipper and hazardous," said Dale Lyman of the Union Colony Fire Rescue Authority.
No one was injured battling the blaze.
Firefighters remained at the scene overnight to make sure the fire did not flare up again.
The cause of the fire is under investigation and no damage estimate was available.
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