Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility Perris, CA – Fire at plastics recycling plant dampened by sprinkler system April 12, 2019 viking210 A fire erupted on Monday, April 8 inside a plastics recycling plant in Perris, causing damage to the interior and roof before it was contained. The non-injury blaze was reported about 11:45 a.m. at Global Plastics on Malbert Street, near Goetz Road, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Multiple engine crews were sent to the location, where automated sprinkler systems activated inside the structure, helping dampen the flames by the time firefighters arrived, according to reports from the scene. The building was safely evacuated. A battalion chief said the fire extended from the workspace to the rooftop, but the blaze was completely contained by 12:15 p.m. The cause of the fire was under investigation.
Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility Kamloops, BC, Canada – Sprinkler system activated for fire at recycling center March 26, 2019 viking210 Fire investigators have been unable to determine what caused a fire at the Emterra recycling centre in Valleyview on Tuesday. Kamloops firefighters were called at about 4:15 p.m. when a pile of cardboard went up in flames behind the Kelly Douglas Road facility. Investigators know the fire started outside, at the building’s west end, but have been unable to figure out what sparked the blaze, said Kamloops Fire Rescue platoon Capt. Darryl Cooper. “Talking to Emterra employees, sometimes they will get a lot of mixed recyclables that shouldn’t be in there — chemicals or steel or whatever that [can] cause a chain reaction, but the official cause is undetermined,” Cooper said. He said fire investigators are typically able to trace the blaze back to a point of origin, but that hasn’t been possible in this case as the fire was spread over a large area containing a lot of debris. Cooper said the fire started in a large pile of cardboard and led to an active rubber conveyor belt catching fire, which carried some of the fire inside the building. Those flames were met by the building’s sprinkler system. “We sent crews in to check for extension, but everything was good,” Cooper said.
Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility Janesville, WI – Fire a recycling facility controlled by sprinkler system while firefighters battle challenging blaze January 19, 2019 viking210 Firefighters were waiting out a smoldering fire at a Janesville recycling facility Tuesday night because heavy bundles of cardboard blocked their access to the flames. At about 3:33 p.m. Tuesday, Janesville firefighters were called to the Waste Management Recycle America-Janesville Recycling Center, 340 Black Bridge Road. Employees were evacuated from the scene, and fire departments from Edgerton, Milton, Beloit, town of Beloit, Evansville and Footville were called in to assist. Black Bridge Road was blocked off from North Parker Drive to Mayfair Road starting at 4:45 p.m. At 5 p.m., white smoke could be seen billowing out of the garage in front of the building and from openings on its west side. At 9:30 p.m., firefighters were still on scene, and Janesville Fire Department Battalion Chief Ron Bomkamp predicted they could be there for a while. Firefighters were having trouble getting to the “seat of the fire” because it was surrounded by heavy bundles of cardboard. The cardboard bales weighed several hundred pounds each and couldn’t be moved easily, Bomkamp said. The sprinkler system was keeping the fire under control while firefighters tried to get to it, Bomkamp said.
Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility Waterloo, IA – Sprinkler system activated for fire at plastic recycling business January 17, 2019 viking210 Firefighters extinguished a fire at a Waterloo plastic recycling business and vented smoke from the building Tuesday night. About 25 people were working at Green Line Polymers, 300 Ansborough Ave., when the fire broke out in a bale of plastics around 5:55 p.m. The business was evacuated, and the building’s sprinkler system held the fire in check until Waterloo firefighters arrived and finished it off. No injuries were reported.
Other-Government/Military, Recycling / Waste Facility Redding, CA – Fire at solid waste facility extinguished with help from sprinkler system; No injuries reported December 3, 2018 viking210 Redding firefighters went to the city’s solid waste facility Saturday morning to extinguish a fire that was traced to some sort of hazardous material someone had recently dumped. A city of Redding employee was operating a dump loader that came into contact with the “unknown material” that someone had recently dropped off, the fire department said. The fire quickly grew in the pile of garage and the city’s airport rescue firefighting equipment was called in to spray foam on the blaze. The fire activated the facility’s sprinkler system so an overhead water nozzle also helped crews. Four engines, a ladder truck and 17 firefighters responded. No one was injured and firefighters spent two-and-a-half hours at the scene. The fire department offered this safety message: “To prevent accidental fire through the reactions of chemicals, please discern the difference when dumping solid household waste as compared to hazardous materials.“
Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility Danville, IL – Sprinkler system keeps machinery fire at recycling facility from spreading August 14, 2018 viking210 A machinery error started a fire in a recycling business Thursday night, firefighters say. They say they found smoke pouring from Mervis Recycling, located at 14 S. Henning Road in Danville, after 8:30 p.m. Finding the exact fire proved difficult because of the smoke. Crews say the call came in as a sprinkler system alarm. That system kept the fire from spreading. Firefighters remained on the scene until after midnight. The fire caused about $15,000 in damage. Firefighters say they can’t give an exact cause of the fire because the machinery responsible is too advanced.
Other - Manufacturing, Recycling / Waste Facility Fountain Inn, SC – Sprinkler systems keep fire outside plastics business from spreading into structures July 2, 2018 viking210 Dispatchers said the fire was reported at Ameri-Pak at 477 S. Woods Drive before noon last Tuesday. The fire burned an area between buildings, but the side of several buildings was singed. Fire Chief Ronnie Myers said the fire burned mostly outside where the business takes in scrap plastics. The fire was out within a few hours, but crews were still monitoring hot spots late Tuesday afternoon. Officials said the sprinkler system went off in both buildings, which helped to contain most of the fire outside. Several fire departments including Oconee, Pickens, Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg and Laurens assisted, Myers said. “Once you get plastic burning, it’s very hot. It gets so hot, you can’t put it out with just water. You have to put foam on it to smother the fire. It was a very intense fire,” Fire Chief Ronnie Myers said. Ameri-Pak is a packaging company. Its website says that the company services manufacturers including 3M, Sealed Air, Tape Logic, Rubbermaid and Ivex.
Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility Springfield, OR – Fire at recycling facility contained by sprinkler system; No injuries reported June 27, 2018 viking210 Employees evacuated as sprinklers and firefighters extinguished a fire in the recycling facility at International Paper in Springfield on Tuesday morning. Fire crews responded to the 48th Street facility at 7:48 a.m. “Crews arrived to find all employees safely evacuated outside and the building filled with smoke. Employees reported fire in a pile of general recyclable materials. The building is protected by an automatic fire sprinkler system. The sprinkler system activated keeping the fire in check until fire crews arrived to complete extinguishment and over haul.” A Eugene-Springfield Fire Department official said firefighters initially sounded a second-alarm fire and that all available crews headed to the scene. Officials say it appeared a second alarm was called because of a large amount of smoke in the recycling portion of the plant. Quick response by fire crews, along with the sprinkler system in place, took care of the fire before it had a chance to grow, according to the fire department. No injuries were reported and workers will be allowed to return before the day is over. The cause has been deemed accidental.
Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility Saskatoon, SK, Canada – Sprinkler system confines fire at recycling center; Assists firefighters in extinguishing difficult blaze May 11, 2018 viking210 No one was injured after a fire broke out at the Loraas Recycling facility on First Avenue North in Saskatoon on Monday afternoon. The Saskatoon Fire Department said it received the initial call reporting the fire just after 1 p.m. When crews arrived, they encountered heavy smoke coming from an overhead door of a building. They determined the location of the fire and started an offensive interior attack, the fire department said in a media release. The fire briefly intensified as firefighters tried to put out the seat, or main body, of the fire. Another engine was called out to assist crews at the scene, the fire department said in the release. The fire involved cardboard and machinery. The fire, “very difficult to extinguish,” was brought under control in just over two hours, the fire department said. Employees left the building before the fire crew arrived and a sprinkler system had activated, confining the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation. No damage estimate is available.
Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility Mount Prospect, IL – Garbage fire contained by sprinkler system; No injuries reported May 10, 2018 viking210 A garbage fire erupted during the late evening hours of Tuesday, May 1 on Mount Prospect’s south side, which fire officials believe was related to dry weather conditions. According to Fire Chief Brian Lambel, crews around 10:30 p.m. responded to an active fire alarm at the Republic garbage transfer station, 1701 Kenneth Dr., where they observed heavy fire and smoke coming from the one-story facility. Lambel said the building was unoccupied with its sprinkler system activated. At the time crews arrived on the scene, Lambel said winds were gusting between 20-30 mph. Crews sifted through the garbage piles and moved them elsewhere in the open air building. They were eventually able to spray water deeper into the piles. The fire was declared under control within 20 minutes of crews arriving, Lambel said, but firefighters remained on the scene until around 1 a.m. Wednesday. Lambel said the fire was not suspicious in nature and he believes the garbage that was compressed, along with the dry weather conditions, ignited the flames. Things that are compressed give off heat, he said. However, the actual cause remains undetermined. No injuries were reported and damage was estimated at $10,000.
