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Evacuated workers stop fire from spreading at Kelowna business

Small fire temporarily shuts down operations Wednesday at Lake Country business. Dan Couch/Global News

A small fire Wednesday morning temporarily disrupted operations at a Kelowna metal fabricating business.

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The fire started in a waste collection unit on the outside of the A. J. Forsyth premises forcing employees to evacuate.

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Flames scorched the metal wall of the building but didn’t get inside.

Workers used a water hose to keep the fire from spreading into dry grasses along Grigg Road before the fire department arrived.

There was a similar fire at the manufacturing plant in October 2015.

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