Other-Government/Military Agawam, MA – Sprinklers help put out fire at Department of Public Works garage March 16, 2015 viking210 A fire broke out Saturday morning at the Department of Public Works building on Suffield Street. Agawam Fire Chief Alan Sirois told WGGB that one of the trucks caught fire, but firefighters extinguished the blaze within 15 minutes. Sirois said damage to the building at 1000 Suffield Street was minimal. Sirois told the news station that the building’s sprinkler system averted what could have amounted to millions of dollars in damage. The truck was a total loss, he added. The cause of the fire is still under investigation but the building will be open on Monday morning.
