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December 21, 2005

Fire at National Chain quickly contained but sends workers home

WARWICK - A fire broke out in a chemical plant near near Route 95 at 1:06 p.m. today, sending trace amounts of ammonia into the air and damaging one room before it was quickly extinguished. No injuries were reported.

About 100 workers were evacuated from National Chain Co., at 55 Access Rd. next to the New England Institute of Technology. They were not expected to return to work today.

The fire was contained to the room where ammonia is pumped from tanks and heated to be used in metal-working processes. The cause may have been electrical, the Fire Department said.

It is the second emergency response at a chemical plant in Warwick in as many days. Yesterday, about 300 gallons of potassium cyanide spilled from a tank at Advance Chemical Co., at 105 Bellows St. No one was injured in that incident either.

- Journal staff writer Zachary Mider

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