Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility Sprinklers Mitigate Damage in Recycling Center Fire (Lufkin, TX) January 5, 2012 viking210 “When we arrived on scene, there were flames visible, but the fire was contained because of the sprinkler system,” Lufkin Fire Marshal Capt. Steve McCool said. “If not for the sprinkler system, the fire could have been a lot worse.”