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Route 68 Shuts Down Due to Gas Tank Fire at Naugatuck Business

A fire that broke out in a tank of gas Pisani Steel Inc. manufacture, forcing the closure of an evacuation route, and the hours long Naugatuck fire department's response, was likely caused by a leak that triggered while a worker was welded steel, according to Fire Marshal Robert Weaver.

"Exactly what happened, we're not sure, but there was a leak at the top of the acetylene cylinder and something ignited it," Weaver said patch.

Police closed the road 68, also known as Prospect Street, Naugatuck from the time the fire department at 8:30 am until about 15 hours, While firefighters waited for the gas tank five feet high to burn completely out.

"At this stage, it was just an industrial accident, no negligence involved ... it is what it seems," Weaver.

No one was injured in the incident.

Weaver said the incident began when one of the workers of the company was using the gas tank to power a welding tool. Pisani, a manufacturing of the steel plant operates a 30,000 square feet at 360 Prospect Street, where it in-house drafting of steel, according to the website of the company.

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