WBOY 12 NewsELKINS, W.Va. (WBOY) — Fire departments from several counties responded after a fire broke out in the Elkins Industrial Park on Wednesday.
The fire was reported just before 4 p.m. at Hamer Pellet Fuel Co. plant. First responders said that there was heavy smoke when they arrived, and additional agencies were called to assist, according to a press release from the City of Elkins.
No injuries or entrapments were reported from the fire, but the city said that an EMS unit did report an explosion during firefighting operations. The fire was extinguished before 8 p.m., the release said.
Preliminary investigation suggests that the cause of the fire was electrical, and the Office of the State Fire Marshal is leading an official investigation.
Fire departments from Elkins, Beverly, Belington, Bu
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