[email protected] A serious fire at Wirerope Works Inc. on Maynard Street that could have had catastrophic consequences was discovered just in time Friday afternoon by employees who promptly called the city fire department. “Employees happened to look up at the ceiling and saw the fire,” city fire Platoon Chief Sam Aungst said. The fire was reported in one of the plant’s large buildings at 100 Maynard St. about 2:45 p.m. Although nothing was visible when they arrived on the scene, firefighters saw fire in a small section of the ceiling once they entered the structure, Aungst said. Flames began spreading along the ceiling when firefighters first started to get water on the fire, he said. Crews worked the next 25 minutes to get control of the situation, which ended up damaging a 4×15-foot section of the ceiling.