SOUTH SHORE, Ky. - No one was injured in the fire that destroyed Graf Brothers Flooring's 75,000-square-foot warehouse on Dec. 30. The manufacturer of rift and quartered lumber and flooring said firefighters were able to contain the fire and "save the overwhelming majority" of its South Shore, Kentucky sawmill. The company also has a flooring plant in Portsmouth, Ohio. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, according to local media sources.

At its 70-acre lumber mill in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky, Graf Brothers produces 125,000 board feet of lumber and 35,000 square feet of flooring daily.