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🌱 Patch AM: Spray can explosion triggers fire response at Oak Creek print shop

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Good morning Oak Creek! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Spray can explosion triggers fire response at Oak Creek print shop

Also on today's calendar: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A gusty t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 76 and low of 62 degrees.
  • Saturday: A stray afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 79, low: 59.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 73 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Spray can sparks explosion, fire at Oak Creek business, officials say (jsonline.com) — An explosion and fire at Redwall Screen Printing on South 6th Street in Oak Creek drew multiple area fire departments Thursday morning, but employees safely evacuated and no one was hospitalized. Investigators say a spray adhesive can fell into a textile dryer, igniting a fire that spread into an exhaust stack before workers used extinguishers and firefighters ventilated the building. No damage estimate is available yet.
   

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