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Workers Await Word On Job Status After Plant Fire In Rome
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Company officials say they will stay in contact with the more than 200 employees who worked at a steel wire and coating plant that burned in Rome.
Plumes of black smoke billowed Wednesday afternoon from the Bekaert Corp. plant in Rome. The plant's human resources manager, Jeff Oliver, said the fire appeared to have started in a piece of machinery and then spread into the ceiling. No serious injuries were reported.
Rex Rains, president of a local union that represents 175 of the hourly employees at Bekaert, tells The Rome News-Tribune that he hopes the company rebuilds and stays in Rome.
Rains said the plant has an experienced workforce, and union officials want to help get the plant operational.
Contributors: The Rome-Tribune
Tags: rome fire destroys plant, workers await job status after rome fire destroys plant, Bekaert Corp, Rex Rains
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