DOMINO PLANT FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATIION

An investigation into a fire at the Domino Sugar plant in Locust Point continues. A three-alarm fire Tuesday afternoon sent thick black smoke into the air and forced an evacuation of the plant. The owner of the plant, American Sugar Refining, issued a statement saying the fire started in a raw sugar shed of the Baltimore refinery adding that all workers were safely evacuated and there were no injuries reported. Firefighters say the fire made its way from a collapsed silo onto a conveyor belt before traveling through the building.