VANDALIA -- A flash fire Thursday morning at a chemical company was contained by the building's automated fire suppression system. The Vandalia Fire Department responded and spent most of their time on scene ventilating the facility.
Vandalia Fire Chief Chad Follick said employees in the building were able to evacuate quickly and safely about 9 a.m. when the noticed the fire. No one was reportedly injured.
Lipo Technologies, at 836 Scholtz Road, is a microencapsulation facility, and one section of the building contained a hazardous material, Follick said.
During a cleaning process, the fire chief said, there was a flash fire, which apparently did little damage but caused extensive smoke in the building.
Follick said the chemicals were being handled in an appropriate manner and the fire was likely unavoidable.
"There's specific fire safety devices in that area for this reason and they all functioned like they were supposed to, and that's what kept the fire small," Follick said.
The chief said they had been called out over Memorial Day weekend for another fire at this facility. During that incident, runoff with the chemicals and the water from the sprinklers caused concern but none of that made it into the surrounding environment.
Mutual aid was called in from Huber Heights and Harrison Township as a precaution.
Vandalia Fire Chief Chad Follick said employees in the building were able to evacuate quickly and safely about 9 a.m. when the noticed the fire. No one was reportedly injured.
Lipo Technologies, at 836 Scholtz Road, is a microencapsulation facility, and one section of the building contained a hazardous material, Follick said.
During a cleaning process, the fire chief said, there was a flash fire, which apparently did little damage but caused extensive smoke in the building.
Follick said the chemicals were being handled in an appropriate manner and the fire was likely unavoidable.
"There's specific fire safety devices in that area for this reason and they all functioned like they were supposed to, and that's what kept the fire small," Follick said.
The chief said they had been called out over Memorial Day weekend for another fire at this facility. During that incident, runoff with the chemicals and the water from the sprinklers caused concern but none of that made it into the surrounding environment.
Mutual aid was called in from Huber Heights and Harrison Township as a precaution.