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Incident # 24-08482 - An equipment fire spread to a building in an early morning incident at a business located at 36 Clearwater Drive Thursday morning 24-October at 08:25. Fire-Rescue units were dispatched to American Bio Mass, a non-hazardous waste disposal company, for a report of a trackhoe on fire possibly involving a shed. Battalion 1 observed a large column of black smoke a mile from the scene. Upon arrival, heavy black smoke was noted coming from the main building, a one story block building where the waste products are processed. A second alarm was requested. Engine 1 arrived and deployed multiple small and large hand lines. Engine 27 was set up on the east side of the building and a Tender shuttle was established next to Engine 1 in the front parking lot. Firefighters entered the building and contained the fire on the east side of the structure, saving the building. Crews worked for approximately 30 minutes to knock down the fire in a mixing pit outside the building and around the exterior of the building in piles of sawdust. Quick thinking workers had moved the burning trackhoe away from the building shortly after the incident occurred. However, a frontend loader and several forklifts were destroyed. Firefighter-Paramedics were on the scene for five hours performing overhaul. It appears the fire started on the trackhoe, possibly from a ruptured hydraulic line and spread to the mixing pit. The company staff were very helpful. DES also responded to the scene. No injuries were reported during the incident.
Engine 1, Engine 19, Engine 27, Tender 1, Tender 6, Tender 8, Tender 24, Tender 26, Tender 27, Ladder 6, Medic 1, Medic 6, Medic 19, Medic 26, HazMat 19, Rescue 1, Battalion 1, Car 101, Car 103, Car 107, Car 114, Car 118. Captain Jack Wimberly served as Incident Commander.
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