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Two treated for smoke inhalation after fire at Akebono

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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.

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