EMPLOYEE BURNED IN PLANT FIRE.Byline: Heather MacDonald Staff Writer SAUGUS - One person was injured when a fire broke out at a recycling plant, then spread to brush in Soledad Canyon Soledad Canyon is a long narrow canyon / valley located in Los Angeles County, California between the cities of Palmdale and Santa Clarita. Soledad Canyon contains the localities of Vincent, Acton, Ravenna, and Agua Dulce. , authorities said. The flames burned tightly compacted bales of aluminum cans, plastic, cloth and newspapers, exploded two storage tanks and damaged two trucks at Quality Paper Fibers Inc. in the 20800 block of Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. Avenue. The fire also did damage at a neighboring business. ``I saw a bunch of guys A Bunch of Guys (BOGs), or Group of Guys (GOGs) are terms used by counter-terrorism officials to refer to small, self-organizing terrorist cells.[1] BOGs typically have little to no contact with global terrorist groups like al Qaeda, so they independently plan and jump off the conveyor belt conveyor belt One of various devices that provide mechanized movement of material, as in a factory. Conveyor belts are used in industrial applications and also on large farms, in warehousing and freight-handling, and in movement of raw materials. they were working on,'' said Aaron Darcy, who was at the plant to turn in an employment application. ``And then they started running, looking real scared. That's when I saw the flames and took off running, too.'' The smoky, smelly blaze was brought under control in an hour by 125 firefighters, but was expected to smolder smol·der also smoul·der intr.v. smol·dered, smol·der·ing, smol·ders 1. To burn with little smoke and no flame. 2. for hours. Bulldozers had to be called in to break up the bales of burning recyclables. The injured employee, who suffered a burn to his right hand, was taken to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. He was not identified, nor was his condition given. The cause of the fire, which broke out just before 3 p.m., was under investigation, said Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La Battalion Chief John Harris. It was not known how much damage was done to the two businesses, Harris added. Anthony Brown, who was with Darcy turning in employment applications, said he saw two tanks explode before the plant workers realized their efforts to put out the blaze were not succeeding. Two trucks were also damaged, firefighters said. Two helicopters helped firefighters douse douse 1 also dowse v. doused also dowsed, dous·ing also dows·ing, dous·es also dows·es v.tr. 1. To plunge into liquid; immerse. See Synonyms at dip. 2. the flames in the brush behind the plant, Harris said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Firefighters battle blazing heaps of recyclables Wednesday afternoon after a fire broke out at Quality Paper Fibers Inc. in Saugus. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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