By james art 
WisConsin Rapids, WIS. (WSAW) – Tuesday night, Wood County crews responded to a fire at the former Wisconsin Rapids paper mill.
The Newschannel 7 talks with the Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department, who confirmed that the department had been summoned shortly before midnight.
At 3:30, the fire was contained inside the mill and did not appear to be distributed by the facility.
The cause of the fire or if there are injuries, it has not been released Wednesday morning.
This is a developing history and will continue to be updated with the most new information, as the Newschannel 7 learns more.
The paper mill was first closed by Verso in 2020, taking 900 jobs with it. Quickly forward by September 2024 the city issued a permit to demolish to rail and dismantling the Midwest.
In September 2024, the Newschannel 7 reported that the city had issued a permit to demolish a company based in Milwaukee, MRD Group Inc. The company provides assets restoration, restoration of environmental sites, recycling metals, recycling of concrete and asbestos, and reducing lead -based paint. In addition to the dismantling of a paper machine 14, the bigger part of the Kraft Mill structures will be rescued and demolished. MRD, which stands for Midwest Rail and dismantling, began with the destruction of rail tracks. Later, the company took over large projects such as hospitals and paper mills.
Billerud still owns the facility, but has decided to sell empty parts of the mill of the capital rehabilitation group.
He does not work and undergo demolition at the moment.
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