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Article: Fire destroys Ontario mulch company
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- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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- August 7, 2005
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ONTARIO - A fire erupted at a wood recycling plant Saturday
causing more than $600,000 in damage and sending three firefighters
to the hospital for heat exhaustion.
The Ontario Fire Department responded to a report of smoke near
Chino and Ontario avenues at 12:35 p.m., said Ontario Fire Capt. John
Sitar.
The first call came from the Chino Airport control tower, Sitar
said.
"Then we received numerous other calls after that," said Ontario
Fire Investigator Frank Huddleston.
Upon arrival, firefighters saw a "fully involved industrial
building," at Artesia Sawdust Products Inc., Huddleston said.
The company, at 13434 S. Ontario Ave. recycles wood products into
mulch for gardening uses, Sitar ...