News brief: Fire knocked down inside plywood mill

By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

CHEHALIS – Four fire departments responded this afternoon when a fire broke out at Hardel Plywood on Maurin Road in the Chehalis Industrial Park.

Something, likely sawdust, ignited atop one of the large wood dryers inside a building and fire extended into the insulation above, according to Lewis County Fire District 6.

The plant’s workers were already spraying it with water when the crew arrived, Firefighter-Paramedic Matt McCoy said.

District 6 was joined by Lewis County Fire District 5, the Chehalis Fire Department and Riverside Fire Authority, McCoy said.

Crews finished knocking down the flames and were on scene about two hours doing “over haul,” McCoy said. The damage was minimal, nobody was hurt, he said.

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