Sparks from cutting equipment blamed for fire.
Two rooms of Parkdale Mills Plant 24 in North Carolina were destroyed when a smoldering ember ignited Thursday morning.
The three-alarm fire brought at least 12 fire departments, as well as other emergency crews. The mill housed at least three businesses.
No one was in the building at the time, said Landis Fire Chief Reed Linn. The businesses operate during the day.
The first call came in around 4 a.m. and flames were showing through the roof at the time, Linn said.
Deborah Horne, fire investigator with the Rowan County Fire Marshal’s Office, said one of the embers from a saw blade fell onto some boards near a ventilation duct and smoldered throughout the night, finally igniting as winds blew.
But firefighters were able to contain most of the damage to that area of the building, Horne said.
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