Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Kalamazoo, MI – Fire at aluminum alloy plant contained with help from sprinkler system December 15, 2016 viking210 Firefighters rushed to put out a fire in the basement of a Kalamazoo county business over the weekend. The Comstock fire chief says a hydraulic press caught fire at Kaiser Aluminum Sunday morning. That is part of the Mid-Link complex on Cork Street. The fire caused a leak in the hydraulic line, which lead to fluid leaking on hot aluminum and catching fire. A sprinkler system went off, which helped to keep the fire under control. One piece of equipment was affected but no one was hurt.