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Welder sparks start fire at Sioux City business

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Around 9:00 a.m., authorities were called to Aramark Uniform Services at 2700 Hawkeye Drive for a structure fire. Around 9:00 a.m., authorities were called to Aramark Uniform Services at 2700 Hawkeye Drive for a structure fire.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) -

Sparks from a welder get the blame for starting a fire at a Sioux City business Monday morning.

Around 9:00 a.m., authorities were called to Aramark Uniform Services at 2700 Hawkeye Drive for a structure fire. Employees were evacuated, however, no one was injured.

Fire fighters extinguished the flames and determined sparks from a welder got inside duct work, and ignited some lint.

"There was a guy welding beside the duct work. Sparks from the welder flipped-off, blew into the duct work, which ignited some lint that was in the duct work... Which spread through the duct work, and into the wall," said Jesse Pedersen.

Pedersen says other than smoke, there was no major damage to the building. 

Aramark, by the way, is a uniform cleaning service.

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