Staff reports that the fire activated the sprinkler system and Hershey Fire Department, who quickly came to extinguish the flames.
Press with the company state that all employees were evacuated and no injuries were reported.
The operations team is currently working to clean-up the scene, as production “will likely resume through the week.”
According to firefighters, the fire started just after 11 p.m. at Glastics Corporation on Glenridge Road.
When firefighters arrived, all employees were already evacuated.
Firefighters said there was heavy smoke inside the building, but the sprinkler system contained the blaze to the machine.
The building was ventilated and there were no injuries.
Crews say they responded to Greystone Logistics, 2600 Shoreline Drive, for a fire that was contained to a piece of manufacturing equipment and was extinguished primarily by the sprinkler system while firefighters checked for extension in and around the equipment.
Crews also said they performed search and rescue operations for the entire building because the fire and heat were significant enough to cause flow from eight sprinkler heads in the area.
All employees were evacuated to the outside where accountability was provided by management and confirmed by fire personnel through search operations, according to a media release. One employee was injured in the fire and was taken to a local hospital. No additional information on their condition is being provided at this time.
Crews say the factory is shut down from any manufacturing until the sprinkler system is restored to normal working conditions. Restoration efforts are underway.
According to the media release, Rock Island Arsenal Fire Department, Riverdale Fire Department, Local Restoration Company, and Local Sprinkler Company responded to the incident.
According to a city release, the fire was controlled with the assistance of the building’s sprinkler system and extinguished by firefighters on arrival.
“All employees were safely evacuated, and no injuries were reported. The roof was also checked for possible damage.”
20 firefighters were on the scene from the Airdrie Fire Department, assisted by Rocky View County.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Fire Prevention Bureau and damages will be estimated by the Airdrie Fire Department.
Firefighters were called out to a fire at around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The fire was at R & K Distributors on Whaley Street in Longview. Several engine companies arrived at the scene to battle the flames. Whaley St. was blocked eastbound as they worked to bring the fire under control.
At 6:15 p.m. Longview Fire Department officials say the fire was out, and there were no injuries. The sprinkler system assisted in putting out the fire.
No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Fire crews responded to a fire at Eaton in Kearney Wednesday evening.
According to the Kearney Volunteer Fire Department (KVFD), they found heavy black smoke when they arrived at Eaton Corporation at 4200 East Highway 30. The smoke was coming from the roof and exterior doors of the west side of facility. Employees were evacuating when fire crews arrived.
One crew found the fire and extinguished it while another gained access to the roof to ensure the fire had not extended to the roof.
Fire command verified with Eaton’s management that all employees were accounted for and had been evacuated.
Power was shut down in the impacted area along with the sprinkler system which was activated by the fire.
Two Eaton’s employees were evaluated by Good Samaritan EMS for smoke inhalation. No other injuries were reported.
The fire origin and cause are still under investigation, but the original investigation showed that the fire started in a seat grinder and spread to a mist collector. The fire was mostly contained to the area of these two machines, according to KVFD.
The fire started around 6:30 a.m. at the factory in the 1400 block of Progress Avenue.
Employees in the building where the fire was immediately evacuated, and the building remains shut down until further notice, Akzo Nobel said in a statement to The High Point Enterprise.
Firefighters saw flames coming from part of one building when they arrived, Deputy Fire Chief Brian Evans of the High Point Fire Department said. The fire started in a vat in a production area. A sprinkler system activated and kept the fire from spreading further, he said.
Firefighters brought the blaze under control in eight minutes, and no one was injured.
Three buildings were initially evacuated while firefighters brought the blaze under control, Evans said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation but it is being ruled an accident, he said.
A dollar estimate of the damage wasn’t available Tuesday.
Fifteen units and 33 firefighters went to the fire scene.
Rockland Fire Chief Christopher Whytock said this was the second consecutive fire in which a sprinkler system in an industrial building worked like it was intended and limited damage. On March 1, the department responded to a fire at Weatherend Estate Furniture in the Industrial Park.
The call at IFF came in shortly after 6 p.m. March 20. Rockland crews were at the scene within a few minutes followed by Rockport.
Chief Whytock said a fire started in an office in Building 13. The sprinkler system extinguished the fire.
The chief said workers began to smell what they described as “dust on a heater” in the area of the office about 50 minutes before the fire alarm and sprinkler system tripped. Workers looked around but couldn’t find the source of the smell and it had dissipated. They looked through a glass door into the office but didn’t see any source of the smell.
“What we found is that the roll of brown paper towels had smoldered for some time before it then caught a plastic bottle next to the roll on fire and the alcohol that was in the bottle gave off enough heat to then start melting the radio in the area of the fire. Once that got burning the heat was enough to initiate the sprinkler system,” the chief said.
Workers were outside the large building immediately past the gate at the Lime Street entrance as firefighters went inside the structure which had a receiving sign on it.
The International Flavors and Fragrances plant produces carrageenan from seaweed. Even though the company lists IFF as its owner, workers were wearing hard hats that said DuPont.
On arrival, crews found staff had exited the building and reported that the fire inside had been extinguished by the sprinkler system and staff.
Two crews remained on scene to assist with smoke evacuation and sprinkler shut down.
The fire is under investigation and there is no estimate of damage at this time.
The Winchester Road plant makes Jif peanut butter.
Fire department officials tell us they responded shortly after 11 Monday morning for a reported hazmat incident at the plant.
When crews got there, they discovered there were two separate incidents going on. The first was a small ammonia leak, and the second was a fire at one of the roasters within the plant.
Additional fire units were called in to manage both incidents, which were in different parts of the building.
The sprinkler system activated and knocked down the bulk of the fire. The fire did extend outside the point of origin to the roof and at least one of the stacks. The fire has since been extinguished.
Fire officials say the ammonia leak was contained to the area of origin and the building has been ventilated.
We’re told all the workers at the plant got out, and no injuries were reported. Our crew at the scene says it looks like the workers have been allowed to go back inside the plant.
Company officials say they are working through their restart procedures.
