Employees were evacuated after a lamination machine caught on fire and filled a manufacturing building with a large amount of smoke in Libertyville, fire officials said.
The Libertyville Fire Department responded around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday to BCI Acrylic Inc., 1800 Industrial Drive, for an activated fire alarm.
Libertyville Fire Chief Michael Pakosta said fire crews arrived and met with maintenance who reported a fire inside the building.
The incident was upgraded to bring the Mundelein, Countryside and Grayslake fire departments to the scene.
Fire crews entered and found a large amount of smoke in the building, which is a mixed-use occupant consisting of offices and manufacturing space, Pakosta said.
Firefighters found that a laminator machine was on fire. The fire was contained to the machine and extinguished.
The laminator had malfunctioned and overheated, resulting in the fire, Pakosta said.
The building was full of smoke and fire crews spent an extensive amount of time working to ventilate the smoke.
No injuries were reported and the employees had evacuated very quickly prior to the fire department arriving.
Firefighters remained at the scene for a couple of hours, which Pakosta said was a labor-intensive fire due to the amount of work it took to evacuate the smoke.