Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Hampton, VA – Vehicle fire in warehouse held in check by sprinkler system August 14, 2015 viking210 A business caught fire in the Copeland Industrial Park this afternoon. The fire started in a warehouse around 2:30 p.m. in the 100 block of E St. after a vehicle’s engine went haywire, Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Anthony Chittum said in a news release. Firefighters got there and saw smoke coming from inside the warehouse and got reports that all employees had already evacuated, Chittum said. They went inside and discovered a commercial vehicle ablaze, with the fire spreading to nearby storage containers, he said. The building’s sprinkler system helped keep the fire in check, and firefighters extinguished it within 15 minutes, Chittum said. Investigators ruled the fire an accident after determining there was a mechanical failure in the vehicle’s engine, he said.
