Marquis Ethanol’s Quad Cities facility catches on fire but northern unit keeps producing

In Illinois, local press reports that the northern unit of the Marquis Ethanol facility outside the Quad Cities area is continuing to operate despite a fire that was underway over several floors of one of the company’s buildings at its south unit. No employees were injured as a result of the fire. First responders and fire departments from five surrounding areas responded to the fire and quickly had it under control before it could spread to other parts of the plant.