Jammed saw sparks fire at Springfield mill

Eugene Springfield Fire crews responded to a call of an industrial fire Monday, July 27, at Oregon Industrial Lumber Products along the McKenzie River.

Four engines, two trucks and a fire marshal arrived at 3950 Marcola Road around 2 p.m. About half the units left within minutes, after finding the small fire was limited to equipment inside the mill.

“[The] fire investigation determined that a small section of wood had become lodged in the internal moving components of the saw,” said Travis Worthington, the deputy chief with the department’s office of the fire marshal…

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