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1 injured in fire at Johnsonville sausage plant

By ASSOCIATED PRESS   Friday, July 24, 2009 - 12:43 p.m.
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SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Sheboygan County authorities say a small fire at a sausage plant left one person with second-degree burns and prompted the evacuation of all of the building’s 325 employees.

The fire at Johnsonville Sausage was reported Friday about 11 a.m. It was extinguished in about 30 minutes.

Company spokeswoman Christine Wallace says the injured person was taken to a hospital for evaluation.

Sheriff’s Lt. Mark Rupnik says the fire was in the company’s Countryside facility in the Town of Sheboygan Falls. He says no smoke or flames were visible outside the plant.

Wallace says damage appears “minimal” but officials won’t know the full extent until a full investigation is completed.

Wallace says it’s not immediately clear whether employees would be allowed back inside Friday.




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garyprimer
Jul 25, 2009 at 9:34 a.m.
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"I'm Rick James, b**ch!".

localboysince1968
Jul 25, 2009 at 7:32 a.m.
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I bet when that alarm went off, they had a sausage race that would make the one at Miller Park look like walking in the park.

Bellagio_Bound
Jul 25, 2009 at 7:22 a.m.
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I don't know, what did the five fingers say to the face?

zilbel1038
Jul 24, 2009 at 11:58 p.m.
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What did the five fingers say to the face?

sannio
Jul 24, 2009 at 3:06 p.m.
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Who is Charlie Murphy???....
He's the guy on TV that people run to when his "friend" yells "Charlie Murphy's cooking Johnsonville Brats!!!"

ma_tafoya5
Jul 24, 2009 at 2:26 p.m.
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Who is Charlie Murphy???....

jvldss
Jul 24, 2009 at 1:59 p.m.
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I appreciate the humor. Thanks.

kwhatever
Jul 24, 2009 at 1:58 p.m.
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Oh lord, I'm pretty sure they meant no disprespect. Let's not get all high and mighty!

beee80
Jul 24, 2009 at 1:48 p.m.
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not too funny for people who have family working there, very inconsiderate.

vulcanicflower
Jul 24, 2009 at 1:16 p.m.
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Charlie Murphy's burning Johnsonville brats

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