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find flames at the rear of the building. She called 911 at 7:07 p.m., and
firefighters arriving three minutes later
saw smoke and flames coming from
the warehouse roof. The officer immediately struck a second alarm.
As fire crews deployed several hose
lines in the facility to knock down the
fire on the roof, ladder companies tried
to open several large overhead doors
so that additional hose lines could be
deployed to keep the fire from spreading to another section of the property.
When part of the roof collapsed,
firefighters relocated to the unburned
sections of the building and advanced
from there to control the fire. Their actions limited fire spread to one section
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of the main warehouse, saving two
other buildings.
Investigators could not determine
the cause of the fire.
The building, which was valued at $5
million, sustained damage estimated
at just over $1 million. Damage to
its contents, valued at $400,000, was
estimated at $200,000. One firefighter
sprained his foot during suppression
operations.
Sprinkler extinguishes
manufacturing plant fire
CONNECTICUT—Two sprinklers extinguished a fire in a secure machine
room at an engine manufacturing
plant, limiting damage to the machinery involved.
The fire occurred in a concrete
block room measuring 50 feet (15
meters) by 30 feet (9 meters) located
in a single-story, 20,000-square-foot
(1,858-square-meter) manufacturing building. The steel-frame plant,
built on a concrete slab, had a metal
deck roof with a built-up surface. The
property had a monitored wet-pipe
sprinkler system.
The fire began when cooling oil that
was sprayed over metal as it was cut
by a laser ignited in the protective bellows surrounding the laser’s control
arm. The machine operator saw the
fire and alerted others, as two sprinklers in the cutting room activated.
When the plant fire brigade responded, it found the sprinklers operating.
Municipal firefighters secured
power to the machine and ventilated
the building using the HVAC system.
Investigators learned that there had
been several smaller fires in the same
equipment in the past.
The value of the building and its
contents were not reported. Nor was
an estimate of the damage. There were
no injuries.
Mercantile
Fire damages office building
SOUTH CAROLINA—A passerby
who heard glass breaking and saw
flames in a second-floor window of a
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NFPA Journal - May/June 2013
NFPA Journal - May/June 2013
Contents
First Word
In a Flash
Perspectives
Firewatch
Research
Heads Up
Structural Ops
In Compliance
Buzzwords
Outreach
Electrical Safety
Wildfire Watch
Treasurer's Report
Work in Progress
Amping It Up
Drill Team
Working Together
Code Process 2.0
Routine Maintenance
Here, There, Everywhere
Section Spotlight
Expo Preview: Exhibitors' Showcase
Looking Back
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