Minor Fire at Cooper’s Texarkana Plant

A fire at Cooper Tire’s Texarkana, Arkansas, tyre plant last week resulted in the evacuation of all employees, but caused limited damage and no one was injured. According to a Tire Review report, the fire broke out after some tyre dust caught fire. Investigators said upgrades are being done at the plant and that a welder’s torch sparked a fire in rubber dust. It took firefighters less than half an hour to put the fire out. Soon after, the tyre plant’s workers were soon allowed to go back inside. The fire follows a similar minor incident at Cooper Tire’s Tupelo platn on Saturday 14 March. In this instance an apparent mishap with some welding work started the fire. According to a WTVA.com report at the time, no injuries were reported, but “several holes had to be cut in the roof by firemen to get the fire out.”