A conveyor belt caught fire at Schnitzer Steel in Tacoma this morning, injuring one worker and halting work while firefighters try to cool the equipment.
The blaze was reported about 8:30 a.m. at the plant, 1902 Marine View Drive.
A conveyor belt caught fire at Schnitzer Steel in Tacoma this morning, injuring one worker and halting work while firefighters try to cool the equipment.
A conveyor belt caught fire at Schnitzer Steel in Tacoma this morning, injuring one worker and halting work while firefighters try to cool the equipment.
The blaze was reported about 8:30 a.m. at the plant, 1902 Marine View Drive.
The listing barge that dumped several crushed cars into Commencement Bay on Sunday was unloaded Tuesday at Schnitzer Steel along the Hylebos Waterway, and is to be inspected today, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
As crews towed a barge that had been listing in Commencement Bay to shore Monday, their focus shifted to how to retrieve an undetermined number of scrap vehicles that went overboard in the process of salvaging the vessel.
A company called USA Investment Group LLC has acquired 350 acres zoned for industrial and commercial use in McCleary for a steel pipe manufacturing facility.
A marijuana grow was uncovered inside a Puyallup home Wednesday morning after the house caught fire.
Fire damaged a wax storage tank at a cardboard plant in Orting late Thursday, firefighters reported.
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