Fire at wood manufacturer causes extensive damage

SUPERIOR - Fire officials have revised their damage estimate of a blaze at a wood manufacturing company in the Twin Ports.

The fire broke out early Tuesday at Stella-Jones in Superior. WDIO-TV (http://bit.ly/1fk5YrR ) reports an exterior conveyer belt, used to grind up railroad ties, caught fire around 2 a.m.

Battalion chief Erik Sutton says that after talking with workers, a $1 million damage estimate has been revised to about $50,000.

Full story: WJFW

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