Fire crews extinguish fire at Reed’s Dairy, cause unknown

UPDATE: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - Reed's Dairy production and pasteurizing facility caught on fire around 2:45 p.m. Thursday afternoon. 

Local News 8's Jeff Roper arrived first on scene to break the news on our social media pages. 

There is no potential cause on the fire yet.

Here is what we know right now, 5 fire engines arrived on scene shortly after we arrived.

Crews stayed on scene for a little over two hours fighting the blaze and smoke.

According to Reed's Dairy officials, the facility caught on fire is mainly used for processing dairy products. 

Alan Reed, CEO Reed's Dairy says that they will be able to bounce back from the incident. 

He also says it is something they hoped would never happen.  Reed said the part of the building that caved in was the original milk barn. The cows came in there. They were milked. I mean, this is that's where it all started,” Reed said.  “Yeah, it's a difficult day.”

Reed says they will get through this. they just need to make a game plan of how. 

ORIGINAL STORY: IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - A fire is burning at Reed's Dairy on West Broadway in Idaho Falls. It was reported at 2:45 p.m. Thursday.

Pictures show smoke coming from the dairy itself.

The fire department is working on it. It's unknown at this time what happened.

We'll update you when we have more.