Manufacturing, Other - Manufacturing Portage, MI – Fire at Stryker Medical extinguished by sprinkler system May 1, 2015 viking210 Stryker Corp. had to be evacuated Wednesday evening after a fire broke out in one of the building’s machine shops. At 6:32 p.m. Wednesday, the Portage Fire Department responded to reports of a fire alarm activation in Stryker Medical, located at 3800 E Center Avenue in Portage, according to Portage Battalion Chief Rick Nason. Within 64 seconds, the first fire crew arrived on scene and witnessed the company’s employees evacuating the building, though “reported nothing showing on the building’s exterior,” Nason said. Inside, investigators discovered smoke billowing in one of the building’s machine rooms, located on the west side of the structure. “We responded non-emergency to the alarm and upgraded the call,” Nason said, adding three engines responded to the scene after firefighters discovered the smoke, as well as water spread by the company’s sprinkler system. “It was a big enough fire to set off the system, but it was contained,” Nason said, adding the sprinkler system extinguished the blaze. “There’s some plastic that’s burned up, next to a machine,” Nason added of the damages sustained during the fire. Firefighters worked for more than an hour clearing water and smoke from the building. No one was injured during the incident. The cause is under investigation.
