The August fire at the Grain Craft Flour Mill in Pendleton has been ruled accidental, according to the Pendleton Fire Chief Jim Critchley.
The Oregon State Fire Marshal has completed the fire investigation and has classified it as “undetermined … accidental in nature.”
Over the past eight weeks, the Pendleton Fire Department has been aware of the impact the fire has had on the community and issued an apology for not being able to extinguish the smoldering. PFD has been in contact with Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Environmental Quality, as well as Grain Craft about the plans going forward.
