Steuben firefighters battle Metaldyne factory blaze

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Story Created: Jun 14, 2009 at 7:40 AM EDT

Story Updated: Jun 14, 2009 at 7:40 AM EDT

Dispatchers continued to send additional crews to a large fire at a Steuben County factory Sunday morning.

The fire was reported about 6 a.m. at a Metaldyne facility in Fremont, Ind., county 911 dispatch said. That’s near Angola, on the northeast side close to the Michigan state line.

More than an hour later, area fire companies were still being asked to assist.

Those companies included Orland, Angola, Hamilton and Salem, dispatch said. Montgomery Fire Department from Michigan also was sent.

No injuries had been reported as firefighters continued to battle the flames.

According to information on the company Web site, the facility is more than 100,000 square feet and employees 164 people.

The automotive manufacturing company announced a bankruptcy filing at the end of May. Steuben County emergency dispatch had no immediate information on the current status of the plant and its employees.

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