Employees of Knoll, Inc. were evacuated after a fire occurred inside their factory in Kentwood. (July 26, 2010)
Fire evacuates furniture factory
Old machine caught fire
Updated: Monday, 26 Jul 2010, 12:21 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 26 Jul 2010, 12:21 PM EDT
KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) - A fire forced 240 workers at a furniture factory in Kentwood to evacuate their workplace Monday morning.
A machine caught fire inside Knoll Inc., 4300 36th Street SE, and it took firefighters about 20 minutes to extinguish the flames.
A Knoll official told 24 Hour News 8 the company inspects the machines daily and continues to investigate.
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