UNION, Ky. (WXIX) - A machine fire broke out Thursday at the site of the future Publix location in Union, according to the Florence Police Department.

Florence police Captain Greg Rehkamp said it was not an explosion that sent black smoke into the air around the construction site on Highway 42.

The thick smoke came from a tar machine that caught fire, he explained.

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The fire department responded around 11:15-11:30 a.m. and extinguished the fire, the Florence police captain said.

No injuries were reported, he said.

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