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Electrical short source of Enfield fire
The fire that destroyed a Halifax County fertilizer warehouse Friday night started with an electrical short, firefighters said Monday.
Posted — UpdatedENFIELD, N.C. — The fire that destroyed a Halifax County fertilizer warehouse Friday night started with an electrical short, firefighters said Monday.
Ronny Locke, chief of the Enfield Volunteer Fire Department, said the 18,000-square-foot Halifax Fertilizer Co. Inc., at 1107 S. Dennis St., was a total loss. No one was on duty at the plant when the fire broke out at about 9 p.m. Friday night, and no one was injured.
Firefighters worked through the night to quash the flames and were able to save two storage sheds on the property.
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