Cause of Fire Determined
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Fire officials determine the cause of a blaze that ripped through a four state manufacturing plant.
One day after a fire gutted the Eagle-Picher plant in Seneca, officials are ruling the blaze accidental.
Today the Missouri Fire Marshall and representatives from the ATF performed tests and several walk-throughs to determine if the area is safe.
They determined that the fire was started by a chemical reaction caused by a case of leaking batteries.
The say the high winds then caused the blaze to quickly spread.
Seneca Fire Chief Chris Rogers said yesterday`s fire took a team effort to control.
"I don`t know that anybody`s prepared for a fire this size. All you can do is the best that you can do with equipment you have and the personnel you have."
Officials say the fire started in a secluded room where the batteries were waiting to be shipped.
Reported by: Ryan Loyd
