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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA fire official said crews have extinguished most of a fire that left a central Indiana wood-treatment plant in ruins.
Lt. Jeff Tennell of the Shelbyville Fire Department said crews are continuing to spray water on hot spots in Culpeper Wood Preservers' wood-treatment building. He said the building about 25 miles southeast of Indianapolis is considered a complete loss.
Tennell said flames were shooting through the building's roof shortly after the blaze was reported about 4:20 a.m. Friday but crews doused the most intense flames within an hour.
He said that due to concerns about chemicals used in the wood-treatment process, crews created dikes around the building to prevent water runoff from entering water drains and the nearby Big Blue River.
The State Fire Marshal's office is investigating the blaze. No injuries were reported.
Culpeper Wood Preservers' website says the company has other operations in Virginia, South Carolina and Maryland, and is one of the nation's largest producers of pressure-treated lumber.
The company makes treated wood products for residential, commercial, industrial and marine markets.
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