Date: November 5, 2018
Location: Columbiana, Ohio (USA)
Address: 43419 OH-558, 44408
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Wood Dust
Industry: Furniture Manufacturer (Wood Products)
Equipment: Outbuilding
Company: Shaum’s Chair
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
Shaum’s Chair does not have a website, and little information about the company background is available. Its products appear on sites dedicated to Amish-produced furniture.
Incident Description:
On November 6, 2018, the Morning Journal reported an early-morning fire at a hardwood furniture manufacturer in Columbiana, Ohio.
The fire was in the manufacturer’s maintenance building. Firefighters from four departments quickly brought the flames under control using 8,000 gallons of water shuttled from a nearby fill site.
The Columbiana assistant fire chief said that the crews also had to extinguish a fire that had gotten into the sawdust collection pipes running from the maintenance building into a 50-foot high silo full of sawdust. The top four inches of sawdust were smouldering so a ladder truck was brought in to get water to the top.
No injuries were reported but the outbuilding was destroyed along with some implements and tools.
Sources:
Morning Journal
