OXFORD — A smoky fire at Keiser Industries on Friday that burned a lean-to and the wood stored in it did not affect the main building, the electrical system or, apparently, manufactured homes that were being built, company engineer Andrew Grant said Saturday.

Employees and managers from the Mechanics Falls Road factory spent the night at the burned building, and they plan to do it again Saturday and Sunday.

“We’re just keeping an eye on the place,” said foreman Bob Ripley. “We just want to make sure it doesn’t catch fire again.”

Ripley and four others were keeping a watch on their livelihood Saturday afternoon, and they planned to keep it up until they get word from owners, insurance adjusters and the State Fire Marshal’s Office.

“This represents 80 pretty important jobs to our community,” salesman Roger Paradis said.

The fire was reported at about 5 p.m. Friday at the rear of the manufactured home factory at 56 Mechanic Falls Road. The shop had closed for the day at 4 p.m. and most of the staff had gone home.

Dozens of firefighters and pumpers, ladders and rescue vehicles responded from every agency in southern Oxford County and several in Androscoggin and Cumberland counties.

Oxford Fire Chief Wayne Jones said his crews were checking back at the factory every so often to monitor the situation, as well.

Grant said he was the only one left in the complex Friday, working in his office in an adjoining building when the fire broke out.

“My window looks out on the north, right at the end of that building,” he said. “I looked up and saw the flames and I got right out.”

The fire appeared to start outside the building under a lean-to structure where the factory stored plywood and OSB, a kind of chemically treated, pressed wood used for home construction.

The fire burned much of the wood stored there — the company had just taken delivery of several units of wood — and the lean-to structure. It also warped the metal siding on the north end of the building.

Employees hope repairs will be quick and everyone will be back to work soon.

“But it’s up to the insurance guys and the top brass,” Paradis said.

Grant agreed, and said he didn’t think there would be much movement until Monday.

But Paradis, Grant, Ripley and others planned to maintain their vigil. They’re not touching anything, although they’d love to go in and clean up a little bit.

“But the fire marshal told us not to touch anything until the insurance guys have been through, so we’re not,” Paradis said. “We’re just keeping an eye on things.”

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