Retail, Shopping Mall Elyria, OH – Sprinkler system contains storage area fire at shopping mall May 11, 2019 viking210 Elyria firefighters extinguished a fire May 7 that damaged a storage area at a Midway Mall store in Elyria. Fire crews responded at 8:47 a.m. to Finish Line, 4439 Midway Mall, for a fire that had broken out in the business’ storage area on the northern side of the mall, according to Elyria assistant fire Chief Jamison Norris. Norris said the business’ sprinkler system was able to contain the fire to the storage area and the blaze was put out by the department using a hose line. The estimated damage is $10,000 to the building portion and $50,000 for merchandise. “The business is currently closed,” Norris said. “They need to reset the sprinkler system, repair the electrical damage, repair damage done to the storage area itself and decide how they want to restore what was damaged by smoke. “So it all depends on how the company wants to handle it.” Firefighters cleared the area by 10:35 a.m., Norris said.
