March 29, 1973
A burning conveyor belt flashed through the power house at Willamette Industries’ Foster Division, spreading sparks along its path and starting several small spot fires.
Sparks from the boiler stacks apparently landed on the belt (not in operation at the time) and the fire burned it in two. It was wind that blew sparks from the boiler down toward the belt.
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