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Argon, not water, puts out Mound House fire

MOUND HOUSE (AP) - A fire at a plant in Mound House didn't get the usual water-hosing - crews say it took the chemical argon to put out the flames.Bob Kielty of the Central Lyon County fire district says nobody was injured when the fire broke out about 4 a.m. Friday at the Kemet plant in Mound House. The company produces a metal called tantalum, which is used in electronics.Kielty says workers were reducing solid sodium into tantalum when some of the sodium got out of a boiler and started a fire.Officials say about 15 employees evacuated, and a built-in …

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The Nevada Appeal Updated Jan 26, 2013 03:21AM Published Jan 26, 2013 03:20AM Copyright 2013 The Nevada Appeal. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.