Fire Destroys Huntington Business, Forces Evacuations

A Huntington factory went up in flames yesterday. No one was hurt but the owner of Midwest Industrial Metal Fabrication says the fire destroyed the business. Smoke from the fire forced officials to evacuate a nearby apartment complex, a nursing home and a dairy. The Fire Department says the fire started at about 8 a.m. when workers used cutting torches to remove steel racks. They thought they had the fire out and didn’t call the fire department until they discovered flames after a lunch break at noon. It took 30 firefighters from Huntington plus another 11 from Bippus and Mount Etna to bring the fire under control.