Textile mill catches fire over the weekend

Cause of fire at Pickens County plant under investigation
Textile mill fire in Pickens County
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Another multi-alarm fire in another long-abandoned Upstate textile mill is under investigation. Pickens County authorities are sifting for the cause of the fire that broke out around 2 AM Sunday at the old Foster plant on Rice Road in Easley.

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Crews from several departments battled the blaze for more than two hours. No injuries were reported. Several generations of Easley-area families had worked at the mill opened by Alice Manufacturing in 1959. It's been closed since 2008.

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