Fire at Ethan Allen Furniture Plant

April 29, 2013  by in UnCategorized   

By Aggregated Content in on April 30, 2013 from http://www.wcax.com/story/22125245/fire-at-ethan-allen-furniture-plant

Fire crews battled a blaze at one of the largest employers in the Northeast Kingdom.

The fire at the Ethan Allen furniture plant in Orleans erupted inside two silos.

"When we first arrived on scene we had a working fire -- in the auger that goes from the boiler room to the dust silos," said Asst. Chief Scott Burdick, Orleans Fire Dept.

An issue with the motor that brings saw dust from the boiler room at the Ethan Allen furniture factory to the silos sparked a flame that within minutes spread to a massive fire that's required hours of work to contain.

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