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The Riverside Fire Authority responded Monday to the north end of Centralia after a forklift caught on fire, threatening the contents of a warehouse.
Firefighters responded at 2:50 p.m. to the 2000 block of Industrial Drive to a report of a forklift on fire at the Wayne Dalton warehouse, a manufacturer of wood garage doors.
Crews arrived to find black smoke coming from the bay doors of the warehouse. A sprinkler system activated and helped contain the fire to the forklift.
Fire crews contained the remainder of the fire, preventing it from spreading to the products in the warehouse.
The forklift sustained heavy damage, but no damage to the warehouse structure was reported.
