Lightning sparked Chatham ethanol plant fire: officials

A lightning strike caused Wednesday’s fire at Chatham’s Greenfield Global plant, company officials say.“Lightning struck a corn-based ethanol storage tank” at the 275 Bloomfield Rd. facility early Wednesday morning, a company release said in early afternoon.“The resulting fire caused no injuries; all employees and personnel on-site are accounted for and safe,” it said. “The fire was isolated to the storage tank farm, has been extinguished and there does