A blaze in a food manufacturer’s production equipment kept Delaware County firefighters busy Wednesday morning.

Eddystone Fire Company and assisting area stations were dispatched at 1:41 a.m. to the 900 block of Industrial Highway, the Barry Callebaut Chocolate Processing Facility, for a commercial structure fire.

Reports indicated embers and smoke were coming from the roof.

First arriving units reported smoke showing from the roof and rear of the complex.

Eddystone crews advanced a hose line inside the building as assisting companies set up an aerial ladder truck to check the roof for any active fire or extension.

Officials from Eddystone said in a notice on social media that the fire was located in the roasting unit and ducting system. Crews extinguished the fire and ventilated th

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