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Fire at Flanders plant forces employee evacuation

Jul 08, 2014 6:59 am
Joe Gentile is reporting in the Register Star emergency personnel responded to the Flanders plant in Greenport. Mon., July 7, when a fire forced an evacuation of the facility. Flanders manufacturers air filters at the site, which is located just off of Worth Ave. No injuries were reported. Dennis Smith, general manager of Flanders PrecisionAire of New York, said damage was contained to a filter-producing machine on the work floor. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Smith said it may have been caused by a glue solvent or possibly a cleaning agent. There were approximately 110 employees on the work floor at the time of the fire. They were evacuated and sent home for the day. Read the full story in the Register Star.
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