Date: February 14, 2022
Location: Greenwood, South Carolina (USA)
Address: 450 Old Brickyard Road, 29649
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Sawdust
Industry: Window Manufacturing
Equipment: Dust Collector
Company: VELUX
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to its website, VELUX is a global skylight and roof window manufacturer headquartered in Hørsholm, Denmark. Founded in 1941, the company has manufacturing and sales operations in more than 40 countries. Its products include roof windows, skylights, tubular daylighting devices, commercial skylights as well as a range of decorative blinds and installation solutions.
Incident Description:
On February 14, 2022, the Index-Journal reported a fire at a skylight and roof window manufacturer in Greenwood, South Carolina.
Firefighters were on scene at about 1:30 p.m. According to the Greenwood County Fire Chief, the fire began when something sparked in the exhaust system of the plant’s sawdust collector, igniting sawdust stored in a trailer.
After staff moved the trailer out from under a dust collection silo, firefighters first focused on the silo itself. The silo still contained smoke, which vented into the building, so they flushed it and put out any fire that may have been inside.
Initially, firefighters could not unload the sawdust that had ignited inside the trailer, so they had to cut holes in the trailer’s roof and spray water onto the sawdust. Eventually, the weight of the water caused the trailer to collapse, allowing firefighters to spray water directly onto the exposed sawdust, putting out the fire.
No one was injured, and no property damage was apparent.
Sources:
Index-Journal
