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Fire forces evacuation of plant

0 Comments | Roanoke Times & World News, Mar 9, 2010 | by Jorge Valencia

The Yokohama Tire Corp. plant in Salem was evacuated for almost two hours Monday afternoon after roofers accidentally started a fire on top of the building.

A construction worker was melting rubber onto the roof with a torch when he accidentally set fire to insulation atop the 41,560- square-foot tire factory on Indiana Street near Electric Road, said Capt. John Prillaman of the Salem Fire & EMS Department.

Firefighters were called about 4:30 p.m., Prillaman said. Smoke filled the building, and the roughly 150 workers there at the time were evacuated. No one was hurt.

The flames temporarily burned inside the building, but firefighters were able to contain them, Prillaman said.

Crews blew the smoke out with fans, and most of the building was reopened to workers by about 6 p.m., Prillaman said
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