Food Processing, Manufacturing Suffolk, VA – Early morning fire at peanut processing facility extinguished with help from sprinkler system August 22, 2018 viking210 Birdsong Peanuts processing plant on Factory Street in Suffolk caught fire Monday morning. According to a news release from the Suffolk Fire Department, crews were called to the 300 block of Factory Street around 5:10 a.m. after receiving reports of a fire at Birdsong Peanuts. When crews arrived there were no visible signs of smoke or fire from the outside, but after a physical inspection of the property, firefighters found heavy smoke and fire on the 7th floor of the facility. Crews used ladder trucks and the help of a sprinkler system to extinguish the fire. Seven employees were evacuated from the building and no one was injured.
