Show fire causes considerable damage at plant an early morning fire destroyed e d the laboratory of the govern ment owned atomic energy plant saturday w with ith damage estimated at 25 H A johnson resident manager said the blaze was of u undetermined origin thigh it was believed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion or a short circuit the fire was first reported by a guard at about a m when he saw smoke bill billowing owin from the laboratory the labor laboratory had been found to be in perfect order at 3 a m when the guard toured the area an explosion eap exp 1 ision was heard at about 4 a in as the fire broke out the laboratory and equipment were virtually dest destroyed voyed and some damage was caused to the sample plant and office move able equipment including many records record s and important im t files was sal salvaged v ag ed and the fire is not expected expected to delay the sampling 0 of ores the galligher co salt lake city operates the mill tor for the government and mr jol johnson said the mill operations would not be hampered plant officials said plans have already been made for building a new laboratory the mill firemen and the monticello volunteer fire department part ment had the blaze under control in an hour |