Date: January 29, 2019
Location: Salem, Virginia (USA)
Address: 17 E Main Street, 24153
Type: Potential Dust Fire
Fuel: Unknown
Industry: Coffee (Retail)
Equipment: Coffee Grinder
Company: Mill Mountain Coffee
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to the company website, Mill Mountain Coffee was founded in 1990 in Roanoke, Virginia. It has six locations throughout the state and roasts coffee at three of them.
Incident Description:
On January 29, 2019, Virginia First reported a fire at a coffee house in Salem, Virginia.
Firefighters arrived soon after 3:00 p.m. and located the fire in the coffee bean roaster’s exhaust pipe. Beans had been trapped in the grinder and burned, creating smoke that billowed onto Main Street. They removed the exhaust pipe and cleaned away the remaining burnt beans.
According to the Roanoke Times, everyone present in the coffee shop was evacuated. There were no injuries.
Sources:
Virginia First
Roanoke Times
