Miss Phos fire quickly outed, no production lost

Pascagoula-A fire at the Mississippi Phosphates Corp.’s facility here was outed within ten minutes June 11 by the company and the Pascagoula Fire Department. The company stressed that it had no impact on production, as it was in a shed that had been converted to a warehouse. Miss Phos told the Sun Herald newspaper that torches were used to cut metal and that hot metal began to smolder and started the fire while workers were at lunch. The fire was reported at 1:13 p.m. Miss Phos is owned by Phosphate Holdings Inc., Madison, Miss.