A fire severely damaged a box manufacturing factory in North Attleboro, Massachusetts on Friday morning.

It happened shortly before 8 a.m. at the Fuller Box Company on Chestnut Street. Firefighters said they found heavy smoke and flames when they arrived and since it was an old wood building, the flames had quickly spread to the walls and the attic.

All the employees inside evacuated safely before firefighters arrived and no one was hurt.

Fire departments from North Attleboro, Attleboro, Foxboro, Mansfield, Norton and Plainville all responded to the scene and the fire was deemed under control by 9 a.m. Crews stayed on the scene after that to check for any hot spots.

"The quick and effective actions of the responding firefighters, along with the operational sprinkler systems, prevented

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