Local fire crews were called to the scene of a fire Friday evening at Heartland Automotive. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene to reports of heavy smoke at 9:36 p.m. Greencastle Fire Chief Bill Newgent told the Banner Graphic the blaze originated in the facility’s paint room. The sprinkler system in the area contained the fire until firefighters arrived to extinguish it completely. No cause has been determined.
Category Archives: Manufacturing Plant
Overnight fire at manufacturing business held in check by sprinkler system (St. Charles, IL)
Firefighters credit sprinkler system for controlling fire at manufacturing plant (Temple, TX)
Sprinklers help extinguish overnight fire at Toll Brothers’ plant (Morrisville, PA)
Fire kept in check by sprinkler system at Northrop Grumman facility (Rolling Meadows, IL)
Fire controlled by sprinkler system at manufacturing facility (Minden, NV)
Sprinkler system saves manufacturing plant from sustaining major damage (Thomasville, NC)
A sprinkler system saved a manufacturing plant from sustaining major damage, said Robbie Binkley, battalion chief for the Thomasville Fire Department. Rocky Watts, division chief of code enforcement/fire marshal for the TFD, said the plant housed 100 gallons of sulfuric acid mixed with water in a chemical open system. He explained the fire was around the system. Watts said it appears the fire was a result of a shortage in the electrical wiring in the heating element of a chemical holding tank. There was no structural damage and minimal smoke damage, the battalion chief reported.
A fire destroyed the same business 10 years ago, at which time it did not have a sprinkler system, he said. The sprinkler system “kept the fire in check and saved the building,” Binkley said. Watts said the company cleans racing parts and places a coating on them.
Damage minimized at manufacturing facility (Denison, TX)
Manufacturing facility fire halted by sprinkler system (Lombard, IL)
A metal fabrication facility had a fire occur early Wednesday, June 11. No employees were present when the fire occurred, but the building was equipped with fire sprinklers, which contained the fire.
Assistant Fire Chief Jerry Howell said about the incident, “Basically the sprinkler system kept it in check. It could have been much worse.”
Investigating units are still determining the cause of the fire, but initial investigation shows the fire does not appear to be suspicious. No injuries were reported.
Manufacturing fire controlled by sprinklers (Kelowna, BC)
After midnight on Thursday, a fire was reported in the attic space of a manufacturing facility. Upon entering the building, fire crews found that most of the fire had been put out by the facility’s fire sprinkler system. Firefighters put out the rest of the fire.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation; no injuries were reported.
