SALEM, Oregon - Garten Services says fire drills and training paid off when a safety committee used more than 12 fire extinguishers to douse flames Monday on a piece of heavy equipment at its recycling center in Salem.
Officials said fast-thinking helped prevent the flames from spreading to the building that is filled with paper. None of the 115 workers were injured.
Salem firefighters arrived and dragged the front-loader out of the building and doused it with water.
Garten Services employs the developmentally disabled.
