Fire in Flour Manufacturing Plant

Smoke from air filter

On October 8th, at 1610 hrs in the 1900 block of Old Cuthbert Road, a call was received for a building fire. Squrt 31, Ladder 44 and Squad 13 along with Battalion 13 and BLS 1393 responded. Battalion 13 arrived to find smoke showing in the upper story of the facility. He was met by the production operator stating that they had a burnt out blower unit.

Scorch Marks from internal fire

After further investigation by Squrt 31's crew, they found an active fire on the 4th story level involving an air filter unit. The unit was showing in excess of 500 degrees. The manufacturing process was shut down to allow the air filter unit to cool down so that it could be accessed.

Air Filter Cyclone

When the unit cooled down to be able to safely open it, the companies accessed the cyclone and found an active fire involving the air filter socks. The crews had stretched a water line to that level and proceeded to extinguish all active fire. 



 



Burned up air filters



The air filters had to be removed one by one so that complete extinguishment could be accomplished. The companies completed the overhaul and turned the facility back over to management.

 



Contact points for air filters