Industrial Silo Fire and Explosion (Iredell County, Charlotte, NC - December 21, 1997)

On December 21, 1997, three volunteer firefighters from Iredell County, North Carolina were injured in an explosion in a silo used to collect and store wood waste for utilization as fuel at a cord reel manufacturing facility. The silo was an agricultural type that had been converted for use as a collector for sawdust. The structure had been the site of a minor explosion five years previously that had caused no injury. » Overview » Key Issues » Iredell County, North Carolina » Emergency Management » Fire Protection » Emergency Medical Services » Facility » Incident Narrative » Investigation » Lessons Learned

Reproduced from Report 122 of the Major Fires Investigation Project conducted by Varley-Campbell and Associates, Inc./TriData Corporation under contract EME-97-CO-0506 to the United States Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency. Reported by: John Kimball

Firefighters Online is neither approved by nor affiliated with the United States Fire Administration or the Federal Emergency Management Agency.