Several agencies responded to the massive fire at the Atascosa County facility. No injuries were reported.
ATASCOSA COUNTY, Texas — Leaders with Duraflame, which specializes in wood and fire starter products, said a “significant amount of the production capability” at a Pleasanton plant managed by a subsidiary company was destroyed in a massive weekend fire that sent huge plumes of smoke billowing into the evening sky.
The statement by Duraflame President Chris Caron didn’t provide details on how the fire at the WW Wood plant might have started. But he said there were no injuries to personnel or the firefighters who responded.
WW Wood creates products specifically for cooking and barbecuing.
“Many of our customers are not serviced from the Pleasanton location and will not be affected by this fire,” Caron said. “We will be working with impacted customers to provide them with alternate supply options from our other facilities until we can assess the damage and implement a recovery plan at the WW Wood site.”
Local fire officials also haven’t provided information on their investigation.
Several fire departments as well as the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to the fire in the 1700 block of Corgey Road on Saturday evening, when smoke and the orange haze of flames could be seen for miles around.
New video provided by a family that lives in the area shows just how immense the emergency was before fire crews began to make headway on extinguishing it.
Caron said Duraflame would “quickly address this unfortunate impact on our business and our WW Wood employees and continue our mission to supply consumers across the country with great quality grilling wood products.”
It remains unclear, however, exactly how many workers are directly impacted.