A FIRE BROKE OUT ON THE SIXTH FLOOR of the Folger Coffee Co’s. Kansas City plant at 3:30 pm Sunday afternoon.
There were about 50 people working in the roaster’s building at the time and the Kansas City FD received the alarm soon enough to contain the fire in a relatively short time. The fire was located primarily in the void space between the top floor and the roof. Firefighters got access to the blaze by cutting through the roof topside.
KCTV Ch. 5 has an early video report:
Preliminary estimate puts the damage at $50,000.
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