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Feb 5, 2015

* USA - Western Star trucks plant partially idled

* Oregon - Blaze caused $510,000 in damages

(Photo: The Oregonian/OregonLive, by Mike Zacchino - Portland Fire Bureau responded to a fire at Western Star on Swan Island Jan. 27, 2015, after a fire that began in the paint department spread above the sprinkler system) 
-- Cleanup continued Wednesday at the Western Star truck factory on Swan Island, one day after a short-lived fire that halted some production and forced 700 workers to evacuate... No one was injured, but the blaze caused an estimated $510,000 in damages before it was extinguished Tuesday morning, said Lt. Damon Simmons, a Portland Fire & Rescue spokesman... Operations may resume as early as Thursday, said David Giroux, a spokesman for parent company Daimler Trucks North America. The German-owned truck maker, headquartered in Portland, is one of the city's largest manufacturing employers... The fire started when sparks created by an employee grinding near the plant's paint booth ignited flammable liquids in the area. The fire bypassed the sprinkler system and spread to the ceiling... Seven units and 30 firefighters responded to the blaze, and put out the flames within 35 minutes, Simmons said... Portland,ORE,USA -The Oregonian/OregonLive, by Molly Young -January 28, 2015

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