Dallas Fire Department Press Release

 

Contact:     Annette Ponce, PIO                                                             Date:   July 14, 2001

                   Office: 214-670-7949                                                        Immediate Release

              Pager : 214-670-4115,code 9885

 

    Four Alarm Fire

Destroys West Dallas Business

 

Date of Incident:        July 14, 2001

 

Location:                    Lone Star Silver

2632 Chalk Hill Road

 

Response:                  Four Alarms

19 Major pieces of equipment

                                    76 Firefighters

           

Times:                         1st alarm 12:55 p.m.

                                    2nd alarm 1:01p.m.

                                    3rd alarm 1:11 p.m.

                                    4th alarm 1:19 p.m.

                                    Under Control @ 1:42 p.m.

 

Cause:                        Under Investigation

 

Injuries:                      None

 

Damages:                   $175,000-Structure

                                    $120,000 –Content

                                   

Details: Fire Station 16 made a call to dispatch this afternoon regarding smoke coming from warehouse building located next door. Firefighters immediately responded and called a second alarm to the location. No one was in the building at the time of the fire. The fire went to a four- alarm due to the need for manpower. The company, known as Lone Star Silver, packaged x-ray films from area hospitals and doctor’s offices for a refining company. The cause of the fire has not been determined at this time.