Nine-Alarm Fire Leads to Total Destruction of Elmwood Park Recycled Paper Mill

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): Massive fire caused severe damages to a New Jersey recycled paper mill last week. The entire building structure of Marcal Paper mill in Elmwood Park, N.J. was damaged in a nine-alarm fire that happened last Wednesday. This was the worst fire that Elmwood Park has ever seen, sources said.

The fire began around 5 PM in the warehouse building of the facility, which held large inventory of paper rolls used to make toilet papers, paper towels and tissues. The fire spread rapidly, damaging almost 90% of the mill. Reports indicate that 30 out of the 36 buildings in the site were completely destroyed. The fire was brought under control by around midnight. No injuries were reported. The cause of the blaze remains unknown, investigators said.

The company, in a press release, extended sincere thanks to all responders and firefighters for their tireless service amidst bitterly cold temperatures and life threatening conditions. The company is yet to assess the full magnitude of the destruction caused by the fire, it noted. The press release did not specify any future course of action either.

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Meantime, Elmwood Park officials has lend a helping hand by organizing a job fair Tuesday for the 500 affected employees of the mill, by providing them access to potential employers. The jobs affected include machine operators, laborers, warehouse workers, maintenance employees etc.,

Marcal Paper Mill, a leading producer of bath tissue, paper towels, napkins and facial tissue products from 100% recycled paper, possessed a capacity of 140,000 tons of tissues per year.