WAYNESBORO, Miss,Amill fire is a devastating event on multiple levels and the January 6 fire that destroyed the Scotch Plywood Co. veneer facility in Waynesboro was no exception. The fire occurred while the mill was in operation, and every on-site employee, many of whomhelped fight the fire, was accounted for and found unharmed.Except for a few pieces of equipment saved by the firefighters, the blaze resulted in a total loss of the mill, one of three Scotch owns, including a veneer mill at Beatrice, Ala. and a softwood plywood mill near the corporate office in Fulton, Ala. Butbefore the smoldering embers cooled, leadership was moving forward. Aside from the concern for employee safety in Waynesboro, the group had to come to terms with the disruption in production of one mill and the logistical challenge of boosting production in another.
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