Fire at International Paper minor

Published 6:49 am Wednesday, September 30, 2009

A small fire Tuesday at International Paper resulted in an evacuation of the building, but not much more.

The Austin Fire Department responded to the fire a little after 4 p.m. According to Fire Chief Dan Wilson, the fire originated in an extraction machine that removes paper particles from the process of making corrugated cardboard.

“This was a very minor fire,” Wilson said.

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The fire was big enough to trip the fire alarms, but not enough to set off the sprinkler system.

Employees were able to return inside soon afterward.