LUMBERTON, Texas — Firefighters in Lumberton got some help from fire departments in Silsbee and Beaumont Tuesday morning to fight a fire at a small manufacturing plant just east of the city.
Just after 9 a.m. Tuesday morning a structure fire with chemicals was reported at a small manufacturing plant near Lumberton in the 9600 block of Wingfield according to Lumberton fire chief Jeff McNeel.
While Lumberton firefighters were headed to the fire they could see a large column of smoke and made a request form mutual aid from other fire departments he told 12News.
A tanker from the Silsbee Fire Department as well as a hazmat truck from Beaumont Fire Rescue responded to the fire to assist Lumberton firefighters McNeel said.
There were no injuries reported due to the fire he said.
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