BELOIT, Wis. (AP) — Beloit fire officials say an air compressor exploded at a Hormel Foods Corp. production facility, leading to a fire that caused an estimated $50,000 in damage. No injuries were reported.
The fire department says the incident was reported Thursday about 3 p.m. Firefighters arrived to see smoke coming from the rear of the building and the food-processing plant being evacuated.
Fire officials say the air compressor exploded in a boiler room, causing a fire that was extinguished in about 15 minutes.
In a statement the fire department says the lesson learned is that fire-extinguisher training in the work place is valuable — "it saved a large-value property."
A message left at Hormel's headquarters Friday was not immediately returned.