Fire Destroys Grain Elevator Business Office, Warehouse Space In Walnut Hill

July 29, 2026

Fire destroyed the office building and warehouse at Tensley Grain in Walnut Hill on Tuesday evening.

The building on Arthur Brown Road was heavily involved in fire when the first firefighters arrived on scene. The elevated grain silos were not damaged.

There were no injuries reported and no word yet on the cause of the blaze as the investigation was just beginning. Officials believed the fire started in the office area.

The warehouse reportedly contained mostly animal feed.

The business was formerly known as Escambia Grain, with concrete silos that were constructed in 1965. The warehouse and office space that was consumed by fire was constructed later.

The Walnut Hill landmark is one of just a handful of grain elevators in Florida.  First opened in 1965, the facility has six storage silos, each about 100 feet tall, and multiple other buildings.

Multiple Escambia County Fire Rescue stations responded to the blaze, along with the Poarch Fire Department, Atmore Fire Department, Escambia County EMS and the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. Firefighters battled not only the fire, but also intense heat and humidity.

NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge. Aerial photos by Jeff Amerson for NorthEscambia, click to enlarge.

Comments





Have a comment on this story?

We welcome your comments on this story, but there are some rules to follow::

(1) Be Nice. No comments that slander another, no racism, no sexism, no personal attacks.

(2) No Harrassing Comments. If someone says something bad about you, don't respond. That's childish.

(3) No Libel. That's saying something is not true about someone. Don't do it.

(4) Keep it clean. Nothing vulgar, obscene or sexually related. No profanity or obvious substitutions. Period.

(5) NorthEscambia.com reserves the right to remove any comments that violate our rules or we think to be inappropriate. We are not responsible for what is posted. Comments may not appear right away until they are approved by a moderator.

(6) Limit your comments to the subject in this story only, and limit comments to 300 words or less. Do not post copyrighted material. Comments will not be added to stories that are over 30 days old.

(7) No posts may advertise a commercial business, political candidate or political group, or link to another commercial web site or political site of any kind.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News