Firefighters with the Asheboro Fire Department on the scene of a fire at a local Furniture plant on May 26th 2022.. (Scott Pelkey / Acme News)

ASHEBORO N.C. (ACME NEWS) – Early this afternoon firefighters with the Asheboro Fire Department responded to a report of a pile of sawdust on fire at a local Furniture plant.

According to Samantha East, Public Information Officer with the Asheboro Fire Department, at 11:46 a.m., crews were dispatched to a commercial fire at Jackson Furniture, located at 136 E Dorsett Ave.

Fire fighters arrived on scene to find sawdust on fire and were able to quickly extinguish the fire. No injuries were reported, and firefighters cleared the scene at 12:55 pm.

The cause of the fire is unknown currently.

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