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Oil-soaked rags cause overnight fire at Charlotte cabinet company

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Firefighters said oil-soaked rags caused an early morning fire at a north Charlotte business Tuesday.

Fire crews responded to the Hogan Company on Cullman Avenue, off 36th Street and North Tryon Street, around 1 a.m.

Officials told Channel 9 that improperly discarded oil-soaked rags caught fire, causing roughly $100,000, and that there was some structural damage to the building.

No one was hurt.

The business makes cabinets.

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