A fire caused damage outside the Koster Keunen Company wax manufacturing facility on Echo Lake Road in Watertown on Saturday night.
The Watertown Fire Department responded to the fire at 7:17 p.m. and arrived to fire outside the building, according to the Watertown Fire Department.
The blaze was upgraded to a second alarm and the fire was extinguished with the help of mutual companies from surrounding towns, according to the Watertown Fire Department.
No injuries were reported, and the fire is under investigation by the local fire marshal.
Koster Keunen has been in business since 1852 and “is the world’s leader in natural waxes and wax technology” and specializes “in the development, processing, and manufacturing of quality ingredients at each of our production sites,” according to its website.
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct that this building was not destroyed and the spelling of the company name.
