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Warehouse Fire

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Overnight Dumpster Fire At Job Lot Warehouse Brings NK, EG Responders

Fire was put out by 9:49 p.m. with aid of East Greenwich FD.

North Kingstown Firefighters responded to a Job Lot warehouse at 360 Callahan Road in the Quonset Business Park at about 7:33 p.m. Tuesday night for a fire in a dumpster that filled the building with smoke. The fire, which began in an outside dumpster connected via a compactor to the rest of the building, was extinquished by 9:49 p.m., said North Kingstown Fire Chief Fenwick Gardiner Jr. A large volume of smoke from the fire filled the warehouse, Gardiner said, but fire crews responded quickly enough to prevent fire damage to the interior. Sprinklers in the building set up at the warehouse opening for the dumpster kept the fire in check until firefighters arrived to put out the flames. Responding crews included a North Kingstown Fire …

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