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A plume of smoke could be seen over the 300 block of Ring Road Wednesday as emergency crews responded to a fire at the Akebono Brake Corporation just before 3 p.m.
“On arrival, heavy fire was showing from the roof,” said Elizabethtown Fire Chief Mark Malone. “A piece of machinery had caught fire inside and extended to the roof. We started operations on both the roof and ground floor, and quickly brought the fire under control.”
Crews were on the scene for several hours to work on hot spots. Malone says two Akebono employees complained of smoke inhalation and were treated on the scene by Hardin County EMS.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is warning residents to be wary of an ongoing scam attempt. The KYTC says fraudulent text messages from scammers impersonating state agencies have been sent out with suspicious links meant to resemble Kentucky government agency websites. The KYTC says: “The scam messages warn customers of unpaid traffic tickets and say that a ‘DMV violation’ will be reported and ‘driving privileges’ will be suspended if payment is not sent […]
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