MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — Crews from five counties battled a smoky fire at a warehouse in Monroe County.
The fire started before 10 a.m. Friday in the back of the Medline Industries facility on Commercial Boulevard in Tobyhanna Township, near Blakeslee.
Crews from Monroe, Carbon, Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Northampton Counties responded.
Water was trucked in to help in the firefighting efforts.
One worker said he and five other people were inside the building when the fire started. All of them made it out safely.
There is no word on the cause of the fire.
Medline Industries is a medical supply manufacturer headquartered in Northfield, Illinois.
Medline has more than 35,000 employees worldwide and does business in more than 125 countries and territories, according to the company.
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