Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Peterborough, ON, Canada – Sprinkler system activates to help control early morning manufacturing fire July 31, 2017 viking210 A fire that broke out in the city’s industrial area Friday morning has left three businesses with heavy smoke damage. Firefighters responded to the blaze at 100 Jameson Dr., off Fisher Drive, at about 5 a.m. It happened at Andritz Hydro, which is located in the same complex as FedEx and Measure Max. The small fire was contained Andritz and no one was injured. “Unfortunately there was heavy smoke damage throughout the complex,” said Chad Brown, Peterborough Fire Services deputy chief. Firefighters were on scene until about 10:30 a.m. Streets in the area where closed, rerouting morning traffic. Workers were inside the complex at the time, but in Andritz. The fire alarm went off and the sprinkler system was activated. The cause of the fire hasn’t been determined yet, but Brown said it’s not suspicious. No estimate of damage was available Friday afternoon. Andritz, an Austrian company, opened the 17,000-square-foot plant in February 2014, where it makes stator coils used in both new and refurbished hydroelectric generating stations around the world.
