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4 Ind. crews fight business fire

The massive blaze may have been caused by a malfunctioning pump

By Melissa Hudson and Judi Lykowski
ABC57

ROCHESTER, Ind. — Four fire departments were on scene of a business fire at Olympic Fiberglass Industries on East 4th Street in Rochester Wednesday afternoon. Crews remained on the scene until nightfall putting out hot spots and excavating part of the building that was destroyed.

The business makes portable toilets, like the kind you see outside college football games and summer festivals.

Rochester Fire Chief Tom Butler said, “Either something happened that malfunctioning with the pump that built up pressure and blew the line and then it sprayed the flammable material on the wall catching fire, they had fire extinguishers, the employees tried taking immediate actions with the fire extinguishers.”

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