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Industrial washer catches fire at Shearon Harris; no injuries reported

Emergency crews quickly extinguished a fire Wednesday morning in a building at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant in Wake County, officials said.
Posted 2014-09-10T10:33:39+00:00 - Updated 2014-09-10T11:47:58+00:00
Progress Energy invited the media to tour the Shearon Harris Nuclear Power Plant near New Hill in Wake County on May 18, 2011. Pool photo.

Emergency crews quickly extinguished a fire Wednesday morning in a building at the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant in Wake County, officials said.

An industrial washer in a building well outside the plant's reactor and turbine buildings caught fire at about 5 a.m.

No injuries were reported, and there were no evacuations.

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