Fire damages Green Bay paper mill; firefighter taken to hospital



Fire damages Green Bay paper mill; firefighter taken to hospital | Procter & Gamble, fire,

GREEN BAY, Wis. (From news reports) -- Multiple fire departments battled flames, heat, and smoke for over four hours when a fire started in the machine of a Green Bay paper mill early Saturday morning.

Crews were called to the Proctor & Gamble plant on Eastman Avenue around 4 a.m. Saturday, July 12, on the report of smoke coming from two paper machines. Authorities say smoke was found throughout paper machines 12 and 13, with fire spotted "around areas in the paper dust created during the manufacturing process." It was noted that crews were fighting the fire on the roof and the interior, and that crews had to be rotated out due to smoke conditions and extreme heat from the dryers.

Firefighters were on-scene for four hours. One was taken to the hospital as a precaution due to a medical condition.

No one else was hurt.

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