Cause of Technicote Fire Unknown
Workers escaped safely and fire fighters worked as group to control the blaze.
Cuyahoga Falls Fire Department got a call at 3:49 a.m. to report to the Technicote fire. The main blaze was under control within three or four hours, said Deputy Fire Marshal Tim Mier. All ten workers there at the time escaped unharmed. No firefighters were harmed. A secondary alarm was put out for mutual aid, bringing one unit each from Akron, Stow, Tallmadge and Monroe Falls. The cause of the fire is still unknown at this time, though it damaged a good portion of the building. Technicote manufactures adhesives, papers and films. Sections of the facility, including some offices, manufacturing space and maintenance area were relatively unharmed. Workers are going through Technicote now, cleaning and salvaging what they can, said Mier. Some…
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