Fire at Metsä Board’s Gohrsmühle mill

- No injuries reported; work to extinguish the fire continues

 

- Sheeting operations at the site will be stopped for some time and customers to be informed about possible impact on deliveries

 

A fire has broken out at the reel warehouse of Metsä Board’s Gohrsmühle mill in Germany.

 

The fire started in the early hours of February 15. Several fire rescue departments’ units from the neighboring areas are at the mill site, and the work to put out the fire continues.

 

According to current information there is no danger of the fire spreading to a wider area. No personal injuries have occurred.  

 

Metsä Board produces cast coated Chromolux papers and has folding boxboard sheeting operations, launched in autumn 2012, at the Gohrsmühle mill.

 

The sheeting operations at the site will be stopped for some time due to the fire and customers will be informed about the possible impacts on the deliveries in due course.

 

According to current understanding, the fire is not expected to have any material impact on Metsä Board’s total folding boxboard deliveries nor any material result impact for Metsä Board.

 

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