video: BREAKING: Fire Breaks Out at Textron Building in Downtown Providence (UPDATED)
Sunday, November 29, 2015
A fire has broken out at the Textron building in downtown Providence on Sunday morning.
An officer on site said it was an air conditioning unit in the building that had caught fire.
Dozens of fire and rescue trucks were called in, and public safety commissioner Steven Pare was on location Sunday morning. The fire was under control by about 11:40 am.
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The Textron building is a critical element of downtown Providence. Textron is Providence's only Fortune 500 headquartered companies (ranked #219). Textron Inc. which is considered the first conglomerate (NYSE: TXT), "it is a pioneer of the diversified business model."
Founded in 1923, the company has total revenues of $13.9 billion, and 34,000 employees with facilities and presence worldwide, serving a diverse and global customer base. Textron owns such brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna, Beechcraft, Hawker, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Textron Systems and Greenlee, among others.
