SIDNEY — Firefighters responded to a machine fire at a Shelby County business early Friday morning.
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Sidney Firefighters responded to initial reports of a fire at Playtex Engineer at the 1800 block of Progress Way around 3:26 a.m., according to the Sidney fire officials.
Firefighters arrived at a large two-story industrial building full of smoke and plant workers told them a machine inside was on fire.
They were able to quickly contain and knock down the fire that was isolated to the machine.
There was no further damage to other machines or the building.
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A box alarm was activated, and all off-duty Sidney firefighters were summoned, fire officials said.
Mutual aid was provided by the Anna and Locking Fire Department as well as a medic unit from the Piqua Fire Department.
AES Ohio and CenterPoint Energy were also called to the scene.
The estimated property loss is approximately $500,000.
No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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