Fire Forces Evacuations at Albany Plant

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Salem-News.com

(ALBANY, Ore. ) - Albany firefighters responded to a report of a commercial structure fire this afternoon with the possibility of an explosion at Absorbent Technologies, Inc.

All Albany Fire Department personnel responded along with the Hazardous-Materials Region 5 team.

Employee's of Absorbent Technologies were evacuated.

The incident was upgraded to a 2nd alarm and Ferry Street was closed.

At 1:13 PM, the fire was determined to be out and the second alarm was canceled.

It was discovered that there had been a small fire and that Absorbent Technologies, Inc, suppression system had put out.

There were no injuries.

The Region 5 Hazardous Materials Team was able to respond so quickly because they had been attending a training today.

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