A factory on Bill Bryan Boulevard in Hopkinsville was badly damaged in a fire Tuesday morning.
Hopkinsville Fire Department spokesman Payton Rogers says everyone was safely evacuated from Metalsa after a fire that spread to the roof of the building caused extensive damage.
Firefighters have extinguished the roof fire and are working to contain fires inside the building on the Casky Lane side of the structure involving a wax pit.
Rogers told the News Edge that they are doing minimal interior firefighting with personnel due to the damage.
Fort Campbell also assisted the Hopkinsville Fire Department with foam and an aircraft rescue and firefighting truck.
Rogers says Bill Bryan Boulevard was blocked for several hours due to the fire. The fire was reported to authorities just before 2 a.m.
Rogers says they are working with Metalsa managers to hopefully be able to use one side of the building after the fire is extinguished.
The fire was 95 percent contained as of noon. Rogers says the cause of the fire is unknown, but it’s believed to have started in the area of the wax pit.
