MASTER CAST ALUMINUM FOUNDRY, FIRE AT MALLORY AVE AND FIRST STREET BATAVIA -- EXTRA ALARM

WED MAR 05 2014 ~9:48 PM
BATAVIA FIRE DEPARTMENT
COMMERCIAL BUILDING FIRE/BOX ALARM 2ND LEVEL
MALLORY AVE AND FIRST ST BATAVIA, IL

MABAS DIVISION 13 BOX ALARM TO THE SECOND ON BOX # 39-12 FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE "75 X 100 FOOT BUILDING" LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH HEAVY FIRE SHOWING.

DEFENSIVE OPS.

HAZARDS NOTED WITH ALUMINUM:
CONTACT WITH MOLTEN ALUMINUM CAN CAUSE BURN INJURIES AND IGNITION OF MATERIALS. MIXING WATER AND CONTAMINANTS WITH MOLTEN ALUMINUM CAN CAUSE EXPLOSIONS. INTRODUCTION OF WATER INTO MOLTEN ALUMINUM CAN CAUSE VIOLENT EXPLOSIONS.

THREE ELEVATED MASTER STREAMS, A DECK GUN, AND MULTIPLE HAND LINES AT WORK.

SURFACE CONTAMINANTS CAN CAUSE EXPLOSIONS. FINE ALUMINUM DUST (SMALLER THAN 500 MICRONS) FROM SAWING, SANDING, CUTTING, GRINDING AND SCRATCH BRUSHING CAN CAUSE EXPLOSIONS. [SOURCE: aluminum.org/safety]



Factory fire in #Batavia https://t.co/XPgTgn3rOj
— Matt Erion (@Stonewing) March 6, 2014




More of #batavia factory fire. Word is nobody in building https://t.co/GcliGAprWG
— Matt Erion (@Stonewing) March 6, 2014



MASTER CAST INC. ADDRESS IS 106 SOUTH MALLORY AVE, BATAVIA.



ENGINE(S): SUGAR GROVE, SOUTH ELGIN, WARRENVILLE, WINFIELD (TENDER), AURORA, WHEATON

TRUCK(S): ELGIN, NAPERVILLE T9

SQUAD(S): MONTGOMERY

EMS: OSWEGO

CHIEF(S): WEST CHICAGO, SUGAR GROVE

SPECIAL: RED CROSS ESDA

CHANGE OF QUARTERS: FERMILAB ENGINE, ST CHARLES MEDIC

STAGING: MAIN AND MALLORY

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Lots of smoke. Batavia 2-alarm fire continues to burn. @cbschicago chopper over the scene pic.twitter.com/hF7xGVullu
— Greg Kelly (@CBS2Greg) March 6, 2014