Date: August 25, 2021
Location: Orillia, Ontario (CA)
Address: 300 West Street South, L3V 5H3
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Wood Dust
Industry: Lumber Mill (Wood and Wood Products)
Equipment: Sawdust Hopper
Company: Natural Forest Products
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: $250,000 CAD
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to its website, Natural Forest Products is a lumber mill headquartered in London, Ontario with a distribution facility in Orillia. It evolved from a company founded in the 1930s and was officially incorporated in 1992. Today, National Forest Products is a nationwide distributor, wholesaler & broker of softwood lumber products, servicing independent retail lumber dealers throughout all of Canada.
Incident Description:
On August 25, 2021, Simcoe.com reported a fire at a lumber mill in Orillia, Ontario.
Firefighters were called to the scene at 11:04 a.m. They found that sawdust inside the hopper had caught fire and used their hoses to both extinguish the flames and keep them from spreading.
The hopper was outfitted with a pre-piped special suppression system that allowed firefighters to connect their hoses to the sprinkler and extinguish the flames inside the silo. This prevented spread to other wood products on site.
Damage was estimated at $250,000. No injuries were reported.
Sources:
Simcoe.com
