Fire hits building at EPC

Decatur Daily Democrat:

A fire that started in a building separate from the main structure on the Elkhart Products Corp. site in Geneva caused considerable damage inside that building late Tuesday night and reportedly caused minor hand burns to one employee.

No details of the fire were available today. The plant manager was gone for the day and the plant engineer was in a staff meeting this morning, the Daily Democrat was told. Neither the Geneva fire chief nor the assistant chief were available for comment The walls of the building were still in place, but two EPC employees said holes were cut in the roof to extinguish the flames.