Former Amacor worker pleads guilty to arson

Nov 28, 2007 | 03:07 PM | Michael Marley

A former janitor at Advanced Magnesium Alloys Corp. (Amacor) has pleaded guilty to setting the fire that destroyed a warehouse at the magnesium recycler's Anderson, Ind., plant in January 2005.

One local firefighter suffered minor injuries battling the blaze, which caused about $12 million in damage and shut down Amacor's production for almost six months.....





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