Despite fire, MillerCoors Holiday Lites production will run as scheduled this weekend

MILWAUKEE -- MillerCoors officials say despite a minor fire on Monday, December 14th, the Holiday Lites production in the Miller Valley will run as scheduled this weekend -- on Friday, December 18th and Saturday, December 19th.

Shows run every 20 minutes, beginning at 4:40 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the Miller Brewery Visitor Center, located at 42nd and State.

In addition to the Lite Show, the Visitor Center will offer special discounts and giveaways to visitors following the tours.

Visitors are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate to Toys-For-Tots or a non-perishable food item for Hunger Task Force.

The fire on Monday occurred at the MillerCoors packaging plant.

The fire was able to be brought under control, and no injuries were reported.

MillerCoors officials were notified about this fire around 5:45 p.m.

MillerCoors spokeswoman Jackie Pride says employees handled much of the small fire themselves.

"They`re trained to extinguish a fire as much as they can -- but the fire department was here very quickly, on the scene within minutes," Pride said.

But still, Pride says the initial report of a fire led company officials to stop the entire brewing operation.

"We shut down production for safety reasons and evacuated all employees. Every employee was accounted for in about 20 minutes," Pride said.

Pride says the fire may have started as a result of the Holiday Lites display -- but added that company officials haven't yet confirmed that.

A battalion chief with the Milwaukee Fire Department says MFD is considering this an electrical fire. He said they lights had something to do with the fire -- but it's difficult to determine exactly how it started.

Pride says the fire was contained in less than 10 minutes, and the plant was reopened within less than an hour.

"Most importantly, nobody was hurt and we`ll be looking at the cause and investigating that in the days to come," Pride said.

There was no significant damage at the plant.

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