On July 4, 2025, fireworks sparked a destructive fire that swept through Industrial Minerals Company, a business in South Sacramento. A year later, the business is still dealing with damages.
“It has been very frustrating to see how slow things go,” Aaron Philips, general manager of Industrial Minerals Company, said.
Philips’ business manufactures and sells clay and plaster used in pottery and ceramics. The fire burned through its massive warehouse near Florin Road, where it stored raw material in bags and pallets…