20190713 - City of Lebanon - Building Fire
200 Duke Drive - At approximately 3:00 PM, City of Lebanon Police and Firefighters were dispatched to a building fire, with a report of heavy smoke showing from the roof of a large warehouse.
Lebanon Police were the first to arrive and observed flames from the roof of an expansive warehouse building. Officers made contact with construction workers inside the building that were unaware that there was a fire burning above them.
The first arriving apparatus was Lebanon Fire Department Engine-4 (A Shift), and they advised the same, heavy smoke and fire showing from the roof of an approximately 200’ x 500’ commercial warehouse structure. A working fire was declared, and additional resources were requested to the scene.
In addition to all on-duty LFD personnel, an all-call page for off-duty personnel was sent out, and resources from the Wilson County Emergency Management Agency were also requested to the scene, bringing the incident to a 3rd Alarm.
As additional units arrived, multiple ladder pipes, master streams, and floating stand-pipes were placed into operation to attempt to bring the conflagration under control.
It was apparent to firefighters that the membrane roof had ignited and was fanned by a southerly breeze.
After approximately 2 1/2 hours, Shift Commander Nick McCorkle, placed the incident under control and units were able to begin the lengthy process of picking up and returning to service. Several hundred feet of LDH supply line that was laid all around the scene would need to be picked up and stowed.
The Wilson County Emergency Services Rehab Association, [Rehab-23], assisted on the scene with providing refreshments, snacks, shelter from the sun, and cool wet towels to help the firefighters lower their core temperatures.
According to Assistant Chief Jason Baird, the fire was 100% contained to the rubber membrane on the exterior of the roof. All suppression efforts were made from the exterior of the structure either by aerial device or handlines on the roof.
The cause and origin of the fire remains under investigation by the Lebanon Fire Department. There were no injuries to firefighters or members of the public.
UPDATE: Investigators have concluded that the fire was accidental in nature and was caused by welders working on the inside of the structure.
Read MoreLebanon Police were the first to arrive and observed flames from the roof of an expansive warehouse building. Officers made contact with construction workers inside the building that were unaware that there was a fire burning above them.
The first arriving apparatus was Lebanon Fire Department Engine-4 (A Shift), and they advised the same, heavy smoke and fire showing from the roof of an approximately 200’ x 500’ commercial warehouse structure. A working fire was declared, and additional resources were requested to the scene.
In addition to all on-duty LFD personnel, an all-call page for off-duty personnel was sent out, and resources from the Wilson County Emergency Management Agency were also requested to the scene, bringing the incident to a 3rd Alarm.
As additional units arrived, multiple ladder pipes, master streams, and floating stand-pipes were placed into operation to attempt to bring the conflagration under control.
It was apparent to firefighters that the membrane roof had ignited and was fanned by a southerly breeze.
After approximately 2 1/2 hours, Shift Commander Nick McCorkle, placed the incident under control and units were able to begin the lengthy process of picking up and returning to service. Several hundred feet of LDH supply line that was laid all around the scene would need to be picked up and stowed.
The Wilson County Emergency Services Rehab Association, [Rehab-23], assisted on the scene with providing refreshments, snacks, shelter from the sun, and cool wet towels to help the firefighters lower their core temperatures.
According to Assistant Chief Jason Baird, the fire was 100% contained to the rubber membrane on the exterior of the roof. All suppression efforts were made from the exterior of the structure either by aerial device or handlines on the roof.
The cause and origin of the fire remains under investigation by the Lebanon Fire Department. There were no injuries to firefighters or members of the public.
UPDATE: Investigators have concluded that the fire was accidental in nature and was caused by welders working on the inside of the structure.
