Explosion at L. Gordon Iron & Metal Co. in Statesville, NC
Statesville, North Carolina | April 26, 2023
At approximately 11:10am this morning, the Statesville Fire Department was dispatched to L. Gordon Iron & Metal Co. located at 1300 Salisbury Road for an explosion in an outside machine that resulted in a fire. The control time of the fire was 11:40am, and one employee was treated for smoke inhalation.
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