UPDATE: 4 Kids to Blame For Factory Fire
By: Web Producer
Updated: June 1, 2012
UPDATE: Union County Sheriff's Department says when they arrived on the scene at Uncle Mark's Popcorn, witnesses told them they saw 4 or 5 kids behind the building just prior to the fire.
The kids were located and interviewed by deputies and deputies say the kids started a small fire behind the building.
Deputies say they're not sure if the fire was intended or not, but the resulting fire did lead to the total loss of the building.
Seventeen agencies responded to the scene, and one person was treated for smoke inhalation on the scene.
PREVIOUS: Fire crews have been working through-out the night battling a warehouse fire in Union County, Kentucky. Our crews arrived on the scene just after 9:00 and reported a "massive" fire at uncle mark's popcorn on Warehouse Road off of US 60.
Seventeen fire and medical crews were dispatched to assist. The Red Cross came out to support fire fighters or anyone who may be displaced by the fire.
5 families were evacuated but were allowed to return to their homes around 12:30.
One home had some pretty severe damage.
No injuries to firefighters.
The kids were located and interviewed by deputies and deputies say the kids started a small fire behind the building.
Deputies say they're not sure if the fire was intended or not, but the resulting fire did lead to the total loss of the building.
Seventeen agencies responded to the scene, and one person was treated for smoke inhalation on the scene.
PREVIOUS: Fire crews have been working through-out the night battling a warehouse fire in Union County, Kentucky. Our crews arrived on the scene just after 9:00 and reported a "massive" fire at uncle mark's popcorn on Warehouse Road off of US 60.
Seventeen fire and medical crews were dispatched to assist. The Red Cross came out to support fire fighters or anyone who may be displaced by the fire.
5 families were evacuated but were allowed to return to their homes around 12:30.
One home had some pretty severe damage.
No injuries to firefighters.
