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Grass Valley storage facility filled ‘wall to wall’ with books catches fire
Updated: 5:44 AM PDT Apr 22, 2024
RIGHT NOW, CREWS ARE MONITORING HOT SPOTS AT A STORAGE FACILITY IN GRASS VALLEY, KCRA 3’S. MELANIE WINGO JUST GOT TO THE SCENE. MELANIE. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE FIRE? WELL, THIS IS AN UNUSUAL ONE BECAUSE IT INVOLVES LOTS AND LOTS OF BOOKS THAT CAUGHT FIRE AT THIS STORAGE FACILITY. THAT IS VACANT FIRE CREWS TAKING A BIT OF A BREAK RIGHT NOW AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN OUT HERE SINCE ABOUT 145 THIS MORNING FIGHTING THE FIRE, MAKING SURE THE HOT SPOTS DON’T FLARE UP. THEY PUT A LOT OF FOAM ON IT JUST A MOMENT AGO. AND SO NOW THEY’RE GOING TO LET THE FOAM DO ITS WORK. WE WANT TO TALK TO TYLER TOMLINSON WITH GRASS VALLEY FIRE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR A QUICK MOMENT HERE. TELL US WHAT’S HAPPENING OUT HERE AND HOW THIS FIRE IS MAYBE NOT YOUR RUN OF THE MILL STRUCTURE FIRE. YEAH, APPROXIMATELY 145 THIS MORNING. OUR CREWS WERE DISPATCHED TO A REPORTED STRUCTURE FIRE FOR A BARN FIRE. AND THIS IS ON A UNOCCUPIED PROPERTY. SO THREE BUILDINGS? THREE. UH, YEAH, THREE BUILDINGS THAT ARE CONVERTED INTO TO WERE GARAGES. NOW, STORAGE FACILITIES. AND THIS PARTICULAR STRUCTURE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE FIRE IS JUST FULL OF BOOKS. AN OLD PUBLISHER COMPANY IN THE AREA, UH, USED TO STORE BOOKS FROM WALL TO WALL, CEILING TO CEILING, JUST FULL OF BOOKS AND BOXES OF BOOKS. AND SO THAT CREATES A HUGE FIRE LOAD. IF YOU THINK ABOUT JUST A NORMAL GARAGE, THERE’S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN YOUR GARAGE AT HOME THAT’S GOING TO CREATE A LARGE FIRE LOAD AND CREATE A LARGE FIRE AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT HAZARDS. BUT A LOT OF PAPER, A LOT OF BOXES AND CARDBOARD AND FULL IN A TIGHT AREA. IT’S GOING TO BURN. IT’S GOING TO BURN SLOW AND BIG. AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT OUR CREWS FACED THIS MORNING. AND DESCRIBE WHAT’S HAPPENING NOW. WE TALKED ABOUT THE FOAM SEEPING INTO THOSE BOOKS. WHAT WILL FIRE CREW MEMBERS DO AFTER THE FOAM HAS HAD A CHANCE TO KIND OF SATURATE WHAT’S LEFT HERE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO WE KIND OF TRANSITIONED. WE GOT INITIAL KNOCKDOWN WITHIN 20 MINUTES OF THE INITIAL DISPATCH. IT’S KIND OF BEEN AN EXTENSIVE OVERHAUL DUE TO THAT FIRE LOAD THAT WE DISCUSSED. AND SO YEAH, CREWS PUT OUT TONS OF FOAM ON IT. AND NOW THEIR CREWS ARE KIND OF STANDING BY AND LETTING THE FOAM DO ITS JOB KIND OF COMPLETELY SMOTHER THAT FIRE AND SMOTHER ALL THE BURNING AND HOT SPOTS AND LETTING IT SEEP THROUGH ALL THE ALL THE PILES OF MATERIAL THAT ARE STILL THERE. AND SO NOW WE’LL WAIT, AND THEIR CREWS WILL COME BACK IN A FEW MINUTES AND CHECK ON THOSE PILES AND DO A WALK AROUND AND WALK THROUGH WITH TOOLS. AND YOU’RE REALLY JUST SPREADING EVERYTHING OUT. YOU DON’T WANT ANYTHING ANY MORE PILES OR ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, STUCK TOGETHER, PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. REALLY SPREAD IT OUT, LET IT AIR OUT AND REALLY ALLOW THE FOAM DO ITS JOB THERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO MUCH. TYLER TOMLINSON WITH GRASS VALLEY FIRE. SO CREWS WILL BE OUT HERE FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER HOUR OR SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE HOT SPOTS ARE OUT. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE THIS IS LOCATED, WE’RE OFF HIGHWAY 49 AND THERE IS A TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY NEARBY. WE’RE TOLD BY GRASS VALLEY FIRE THAT THERE WAS NO DANGER OF THE FIRE SPREADING TO THAT LOCATION. THEY HAD IT CONTAINED TO THIS VACANT STRUCTURE SITE REPORTING LIVE IN GRASS VALLEY, MELANIE WING
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Grass Valley storage facility filled ‘wall to wall’ with books catches fire
Updated: 5:44 AM PDT Apr 22, 2024
A storage facility filled with books caught fire early Monday morning in Grass Valley near Highway 49.Firefighters were dispatched to the scene around 1:45 a.m. and knocked the fire back within 20 minutes of arrival, the Grass Valley Fire Department said. The building was described as an unoccupied barn used for storage by a publishing company. Grass Valley Fire spokesperson Tyler Tomlinson said the building was “from wall to wall, ceiling to ceiling, just full of books and boxes of books, and that creates a huge fire load.” The fire was contained to only that building. No injuries were reported. It was unclear what started the fire.
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. —
A storage facility filled with books caught fire early Monday morning in Grass Valley near Highway 49.
Firefighters were dispatched to the scene around 1:45 a.m. and knocked the fire back within 20 minutes of arrival, the Grass Valley Fire Department said.
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The building was described as an unoccupied barn used for storage by a publishing company. Grass Valley Fire spokesperson Tyler Tomlinson said the building was “from wall to wall, ceiling to ceiling, just full of books and boxes of books, and that creates a huge fire load.”
The fire was contained to only that building. No injuries were reported.
It was unclear what started the fire.
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