Fire Briefly Shuts Down International Paper Mill

June 14, 2010

Dozens of firefighters battled a powerhouse fire that shut down the International Paper plant in Cantonment Monday afternoon for about two hours.

The fire was reported at 3:22 p.m. in a fourth floor No. 4 powerhouse boiler area. The fire then spread to a tree bark storage are, according to Jessica Morris, spokesperson for IP.

The fire was reported to be out about 5:25 p.m. There were no injuries reported.

“It did shut the mill down for a brief period,” Morris said moments after the fire was reported out. “We are in the process of an orderly startup to get running again.”

At least 40 firemen and 12 units from the Cantonment, Molino, Ensley, McDavid, Century, Beulah, Ferry Pass, Brent and Myrtle Grove stations of Escambia Fire Rescue initially responded to the call. Two Escambia County EMS units also responded.

Firefighters were hampered by Monday’s extreme heat prior to afternoon rain.

Pictured top: Firefighters on scene of Monday’s fire at International Paper in Cantonment. Pictured inset: An Escambia County EMS unit on standby. NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Smith, click to enlarge.

Comments

8 Responses to “Fire Briefly Shuts Down International Paper Mill”

  1. Alice and Roy Skaggs on June 15th, 2010 8:20 am

    Thanks to the quick respond from all, thank godness no one was hurt ,
    i thank god for watching all that were involved.

  2. Jessica Morris on June 15th, 2010 7:36 am

    There was no explosion; we do not know where that information originated.

  3. William on June 15th, 2010 12:05 am

    > Initial reports were a massive explosion as I recall….was there in fact a massive explosion?

    We never reported anything about an explosion, and there was not an explosion reported to authorities. Just a fire.

  4. Laid Back Player on June 14th, 2010 11:15 pm

    Initial reports were a massive explosion as I recall….was there in fact a massive explosion?

  5. =) on June 14th, 2010 10:34 pm

    Bet it smelt even better than usual!!! Hope everyone’s A OK.

  6. just thinkin on June 14th, 2010 8:50 pm

    Ip

    BP

    Maybe it’s the P ?

  7. sharlee on June 14th, 2010 8:00 pm

    Thank god everyone was ok! Way to go the quick response!

  8. ag on June 14th, 2010 5:23 pm

    thanks for your fast response to the fire. i hope everyone is ok.

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