Evacuation After Furnace Catches on Fire... (UPDATE)

The firefighters prepare to climb to the roof to see if the fire had run the wall and was burning above them.

A fire broke out at Nichols Aluminium in the United States during the week of during the week of May 5th, 2013. Here is the story.

Fire fighters responded around 9:45 AM. The fire appeared to be trapped inside a wall to the rear of the large, industrial manufacturing facility. Firefighters were cutting the wall from the outside to get to the fire. They were able to put it out quickly. Some employees were evacuated from the building and traffic for the business was building along an adjacent road.

Firefighters with help from a handful of neighboring departments cut open the rear exterior wall of Nichols Aluminum's manufacturing plant as they search for hidden fire in the wall.

According to a company spokesman one of three furnaces caught fire. The flames were contained to one room so when firefighters got there they just let the fire burn out. 

Firefighters cut a hole in the side of the building to find the fire at Nichols Aluminum 

The fire chief said putting water on the molten aluminium would have caused a bigger blaze. No one was hurt in the fire. 

The firefighters prepare to climb to the roof to see if the fire had run the wall and was burning above them.

The APSB obtains incidents from media sources. The APSB does not confirm the accuracy of the media stories. On occasion, the APSB is notified of errors. The APSB was contacted of inaccuracies in this story. Changes were made to reflect the inaccuracy (that impurities in molten metal was the cause of the fire).

The APSB has repeated posted incidents where the evacuations resulted in no injuries. When was the last time that your facility had a fire drill? Occupational Safety & Health Administration's How to Plan for Workplace Emergencies and Evacuations can be found here.