Fire Destroys Iowa Plastics Manufacturing

MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) -- Fire destroyed a plastics manufacturing company on the city's west side Thursday.

Employees at Manchester Rotational Molding escaped uninjured when the fire broke out shortly before 10 a.m., firefighter Bill Werger said.

``It went up pretty quickly after we got here,'' Werger said.

The fire is believed to have started in the heating units used in the plastics molding process, Werger said.

Manchester Molding makes livestock watering tanks and other plastic products. It has been in business since the early 1990's.