Fire at Barrie biodegradable straw company
File image of a Barrie fire truck.
Barrie's biodegradable straw manufacturer experienced a machinery fire.
BiEco at 90 Saunders Road called in the fire department when one of its machines overheated Tuesday at around 8:30 p.m.
"The machine overheated and caught the paper on fire," said Assistant Deputy Chief Justin Gilbert.
"The fire was contained to the one unit."
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Gilbert said one worker was uninjured and evacuated safely.
However, he said there was a lot of damage from the heat and smoke to the unit's interior.
There is no damage estimate at this time, he said.
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