DALLAS FIRE-RESCUE

 

Contact:  Lt. Doug Dickerson, PIO                      

               Office: 214.670.7949                            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

               Pager: 214.670.4115, pin # 9885

 

3-Alarm Fire Damages

Northwest Dallas Warehouse

 

 

Date of Incident: March 9, 2002

 

Location: 11252 Leo Lane   Bill’s Express Press

 

Response: 14 pieces of heavy fire equipment, 60 firefighters

 

Times: 1st alarm – 8:52 a.m., 2nd alarm – 9:02 a.m., 3rd alarm – 9:25 a.m.

Under control @ 9:53 a.m.

 

Cause: Under Investigation

 

Injuries: None

 

Damage:  $200,000

 

Details: A citizen driving down the street noticed smoke coming from the large one story warehouse and called 9-1-1.  First arriving firefighters reported quite a bit of smoke showing from the southwest corner of the building.  The large building is home to several businesses, and there were some people working on the opposite side of the building that had no indication there was a fire.  This particular building is not equipped with a sprinkler system and does not have a central fire alarm.  Fire investigators believe the fire started in an office area and extended above the ceiling and further into the building after growing undetected.  It took firefighters about an hour to bring the fire completely under control.  Fire investigators are still working to determine what started the fire and there were no injuries reported during this incident.

 

 

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