Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Firefighters credit sprinkler system for controlling fire at manufacturing plant (Temple, TX) October 13, 2014 viking210 Crews responded to a fire Saturday afternoon at the Lock Joint Tube manufacturing plant in Temple. When crews got there they found employees had already evacuated the building. When they went inside, they found one fire sprinkler head flowing water close to machinery which had a small amount of fire underneath. Crews put out the flames and credit the fire sprinkler system with keeping the fire from spreading.