Stourbridge News
Workers evacuated during Lye furnace fire
11:43am Thursday 9th February 2012
WORKERS at a foundry in Lye were evacuated from the scene of a blaze after metal ignited in a furnace.
Firefighters were called to Boro Foundry Limited at 9.15am yesterday (Wednesday February 8) where one-and-a-half tonnes of molten iron caught fire.
Employees were removed to a safe area while officers wearing breathing apparatus tackled the flames.
Crews left the scene at 10am, the metal was left to cool under the supervision of foundry staff.