Firefighter driving home from work discovers fire at asphalt hot plant

The pursuing is simply a news merchandise from nan Idaho Falls Fire Department.

IDAHO FALLS — The Idaho Falls Fire Department responded to a occurrence astatine an business installation connected nan 1500 artifact of East 49th North Friday morning.

A firefighter driving location from activity called dispatch astir 1:35 a.m. to study a imaginable building occurrence adjacent East 49th North and North 15th East astatine an asphalt plant. Firefighters discovered astir 30-foot flames adjacent to tanks of lipid stoked by a earthy state line.

Firefighters began putting h2o connected nan occurrence while nan earthy state and energy to nan asphalt works were turned off. The flames past extinguished, but firefighters remained connected nan segment while they continued to put h2o connected nan tanks and instrumentality to trim nan heat.

IFFD responded pinch 3 engines, 2 h2o tenders, 2 ambulances, a ladder motortruck and a battalion chief.

There were nary injuries to either civilians aliases firefighters. Additionally, it appears that nary lipid is leaking from nan tanks.

The origin of nan occurrence is nether investigation by nan Idaho Falls Fire Department Fire Prevention and Investigation Division. An estimated costs of damages is not known astatine this time.