On January 11, 2019, fire raged through a warehouse in Bunn, North Carolina at the Montclair Complex. The warehouse contained property, including harvested kenaf and hemp plants, of farmer Mann Mullen.
Thank you to Chief Pilot Steve Rhode of the Wake Forest Fire Department for access to these images.
Thermal and rainbow-thermal video during the fire was used to assist fire crews on the ground. It provided them with information about the fire’s location/spreading, and temperatures inside.
To see details of the farm warehouse fire:
Article “Farm Warehouse and Contents A Total Loss in Bunn, NC Fire” by The Grey Area News published January 11, 2019.
Article “Multimillion-dollar fire loss at hemp farm in Bunn, NC” by Carolina Cannabis News published January 11, 2019.
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