PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) – An empty mill in Rhode Island has gone up in flames.
Firefighters responded to the old Roberts Chemical building in Pawtucket just after midnight Friday.
Part of the building collapsed and Michael Sweeney, chief of the state fire marshal’s investigation unit, tells WPRI-TV the structural integrity of the rest of the building is compromised and it will likely need to be torn down.
Crews from Pawtucket, Central Falls, North Providence and Lincoln responded to the scene.
There were reports of at least one injury, but details were not immediately released.
The cause remains under investigation.
