Keystoker on Fire!
The news on Keystoker's factory is bad. They sustained heavy damage during this fire! Here is an early news link
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Thursday, January 4, 9:55 p.m.
By Bianca Barr
Fire badly damaged a business in Schuylkill County Thursday night. Keystoker, Inc. makes coal stoves, furnaces and boilers at its plant near Schuylkill Haven.
The fire started around 7:30 p.m. at the company just off Route 61 in North Maheim Township. According to emergency management officials, the flames started in one of four buildings that are connected to each other. That building sustained heavy damage. The others were damaged by smoke and water.
Some 200 firefighters responded to the scene. By 9 p.m., they had the fire under control.
A worker told Newswatch 16 that most of the employees left for the day at 3:30 p.m. He said the rest finished up around 5, and did not report any problems.
No one was hurt in the fire. The cause is under investigation. Keystoker officials have not yet announced whether workers should report on Friday
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Thursday, January 4, 9:55 p.m.
By Bianca Barr
Fire badly damaged a business in Schuylkill County Thursday night. Keystoker, Inc. makes coal stoves, furnaces and boilers at its plant near Schuylkill Haven.
The fire started around 7:30 p.m. at the company just off Route 61 in North Maheim Township. According to emergency management officials, the flames started in one of four buildings that are connected to each other. That building sustained heavy damage. The others were damaged by smoke and water.
Some 200 firefighters responded to the scene. By 9 p.m., they had the fire under control.
A worker told Newswatch 16 that most of the employees left for the day at 3:30 p.m. He said the rest finished up around 5, and did not report any problems.
No one was hurt in the fire. The cause is under investigation. Keystoker officials have not yet announced whether workers should report on Friday
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That is unfortunate, hopefully the building that was mainly damaged wasn't that important and the others only had minor damage.
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No chance of a fire sale?ktm rider wrote:The price of a Keystoker just doubled .......
Is Keystoker in good shape financially? I believe they are, as they have quite a wait for their units. If they are I would think a quick recovery is in the making here. If they have the right insurance they should be fine.
Here is an update article from the local news paper:
The statement by James is very much what you would expect! He and his brother George are good men. Hopefully they will pull things together and get back to kicking out their great stoves!
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http://www.republicanherald.com/site/news.cfm?new ... 9074&rfi=6Blaze hits Keystoker
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01/05/2007
Email to a friendPrinter-friendlySCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Flames could be seen from miles away as a Thursday evening fire damaged Keystoker Inc., a 60-year-old company that produces coal stoves, furnaces and other heating equipment.
Emergency crews responded to 60 Keystoker Lane around 7:30 p.m. after the fire started in the area of the manufacturing building used for sheet-metal work and painting. Three other buildings within the facility received only smoke damage.
The statement by James is very much what you would expect! He and his brother George are good men. Hopefully they will pull things together and get back to kicking out their great stoves!
Edit: Please don't quote articles in there entirety
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Does anyone have an update on Keystoker post-fire? How are they doing?
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Keystoker is back up and running. They were not down for more than a week. A new building was going up a week after the old one burned down.
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Thanks, Mike. That's great news.
Chris
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