Fire Hits Freightliner Truck Plant in North Carolina

March 1, 2013
No injuries were reported after fire broke out at the Mount Holly Freightliner truck plant.

Feb. 28--MOUNT HOLLY -- There were no reports of injuries in an overnight fire at a Freightliner plant in Mount Holly.

Firefighters responded shortly before 3:30 a.m. to the blaze, at the Freightliner plant on Main Street. Television news video showed several trucks at the scene, and firefighters had to get on the roof to battle the blaze.

Trucks cleared the scene shortly after 6 a.m.

There has been no comment from Freightliner officials.

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