Fire Damages Moss Point Factory

Firefighters from Moss Point, Pascagoula, Grand Bay and other areas worked to put out the smoldering wreckage an old glove factory on Jefferson Avenue.

“Had done burned through the roof, girders, twisted it,” says Moss Point Fire Inspector Robert Lavinghouse. “That's why we didn't do a interior attack until well after most of it was put out.” Crews were called out at about 11 PM Wednesday night. All that remains are small fires and smoky rubble. Firefighters successfully kept the blaze away from a nearby warehouse. When they arrived, they had to watch out for chemicals inside.

“When they first car got on scene they said they were having small explosions” says Lavinghouse. “I'm sure they probably had stuff in here that would probably do the same thing.” After hours of work firefighters finally got it under control at about three in the morning. We're told they had a close call with a gas main. Apparently fire surrounded that but there was no danger of an explosion and amazingly no one was hurt.

“With as many people that was here trying to help you know,” says Volunteer Fire Fighter Elizabeth Ferguson. “We've got a good team we stay in contact and know what's going on so that helps right there.” Ferguson says they had about 30 to 50 firefighters on scene. Today this old building's owned by Industrial Maintenance and Machine. Company Vice President Sue Ellen Caver says only part of it was being used for metal work. She says previous hurricane damage made it uninsurable.