Shorewood Packaging Plant Sustains Rooftop Fire

摘要

Newport News, Va., fire crews responded to the report of a commercial fire at Shorewood Packaging on Nov. 19. The plant manufactures folding cartons. A silo-like hopper on the roof of the building, used to collect paper dust, was on fire. The interior of the building only received water damage. However, some of the roof structure was compromised when the bottom of the hopper collapsed due to all of the water being apphed.