A fire has destroyed much of a huge North Carolina distribution center for the QVC home-shopping television network. No injuries were immediately reported but authorities were still looking for an employee who had not been accounted for.
More than 300 employees were working at the facility near Rocky Mount when the fire was reported shortly after 2 a.m.,QVC representatives reported that all employees safely evacuated the warehouse and were accounted for except for one who hadn’t contacted family yet, according to Edgecombe County Manager Eric Evans. Earlier Saturday, Evans had said all of the center’s employees appeared to be accounted for.
QVC said in a subsequent statement that it was working with local authorities to confirm the safety of all employees and contractors at the site. It said it had close to 2,000 “team members” working at the complex, spread over three shifts. Evans said a “main section” of the 1.2 million-square-foot facility appears to be destroyed. Crews from nearly 45 fire departments were still fighting the blaze more than 12 hours after it began.
“They’re working very hard to try to protect the remainder of that building,” Evans said. “Significant loss, but we’re very hopeful that it’s not a total loss and that they’ll be able to rebuild here.”
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