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03-12-2019, 04:07 PM
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FIRE at PLANT
I just read a news feed that one of the FOREST RIVER PLANTS IN ELKHART was on fire it showed multiple ladder trucks and huge plums of smoke
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03-12-2019, 04:08 PM
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Phat Phrog
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I just read that
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03-12-2019, 04:10 PM
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It is plant number 59. It’s the one that has had a lot of OSHA safety violations. The news is saying that it has burnt to the ground.
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03-12-2019, 04:15 PM
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Link to fire
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03-12-2019, 04:21 PM
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From the video it appears a large part of the roof has collapsed. No injuries reported.
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03-12-2019, 04:41 PM
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I just saw that on a fb group.
https://bit.ly/2T1WIvM
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03-12-2019, 04:41 PM
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waybeck2018
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It will be interesting to know the cause of fire and it's relation to the OSHA violations.
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03-12-2019, 04:45 PM
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Well that will put a pinch on sales! Wonder how it will impact the labor force. Good to see no one got hurt.
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03-12-2019, 04:48 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2018
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Fire
The Forest River plant in Elkhart is on fire and partially collapsed.
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03-12-2019, 04:50 PM
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Location: Kalamazoo
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1. there is apost already started about this. Two. there are probably 100 forest river plants in Elkhart. 3. glad I don't have a unit on order.
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03-12-2019, 05:03 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2018
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Forest River Plant 59 Fire
ABC News from South Bend has reported that there was a fire today at Forest River Plant 59 in Elkhart. The fire started at approximately 3;30. There was at least one explosion. The building roof has collapsed and the building is a total loss. There were no injuries reported and only about 10 people working in the building at the time. I do not know what type of work takes place normally in Plant 59.
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03-12-2019, 05:07 PM
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Plant reported on fire.
FR on Fire?
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03-12-2019, 05:12 PM
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Location: Reno, NV
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vacant building..other threads about this too
https://www.goshennews.com/news/loca...bd8f92935.html
EDIT: Article is from 2017.
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03-12-2019, 05:13 PM
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03-12-2019, 05:15 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2018
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Plant 59
Looking at the Internet it shows that plant 59 is where the Vibes are made.
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03-12-2019, 05:46 PM
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Location: Durham, NC
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Forest River Vibe trailer plant destroyed by fire in Elkhart, IN
This afternoon, March 12, 2019, 40 fire fighters have battled to contain a fire at the Forest River factory in Elkhart, Indiana that was building Vibe travel trailers. Five to six employees working at the time all got out of the plant safely as the fire spread from front to rear of the building.--which is said to be a total loss.
wsbt.com/news/local/forest-river-plant-in-elkhart-goes-up-in-flames-dispatch-confirms-explosions-inside?jwsource=cl
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03-12-2019, 05:47 PM
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I’m glad all the plant workers got out safely.
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03-12-2019, 05:52 PM
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Location: Durham, NC
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03-12-2019, 06:02 PM
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Location: Wisconsin
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Hope everyone is safe.
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