Staff reports
Just before noon on Thursday, Nov. 21, firefighters from the Burton Fire District, along with MCAS Fire and Emergency Services, Beaufort/Port Royal Fire Department, and Beaufort County EMS, responded to a reported building fire at Greenline Industries on Trask Parkway in the Grays Hill area of Beaufort County.
An employee called 911 to report a fire at the building and stated that the employees were evacuating.
Firefighters arrived on scene to find smoke coming from the top of an outdoor sawdust collector. Firefighters climbed the collector and opened an access door locating the fire, and began to extinguish it with a fire hose; however, due to the deep-seated nature of the fire within the tower’s sawdust, more water were needed. A ladder truck from the Beaufort/Port Royal fire department arrived on scene, and utilizing its elevated master stream device, was able to apply large volumes of water into the tower to saturate the sawdust.
Firefighters were on scene for longer than three hours extinguishing the fire. No injuries were reported
and damages were confined to the exterior sawdust tower.
The fire was caused by an errant welding spark from work being performed on the tower. Employees utilized fire extinguishers to keep the fire confined until the arrival of firefighters helping to limit damages.
