Stanfield upholstery business catches fire – The Stanly News & Press

An upholstery enterprise in Stanfield on the finish of Sundown Lake Street which caught fireplace Friday afternoon is “a complete loss,” in response to fireplace officers on the scene.

The primary name for service got here into Stanly 911 at 3:48 p.m. for Morgan Chair, at 391 Sundown Lake Street.

West Stanly Fireplace Division Assistant Chief Tyler Huntley mentioned there was “a considerable amount of fireplace all through the constructing” when items first responded.

He added, “We had been unable to make entry simply due to the contents of the constructing and the hearth masses. We made efforts to try to cease the hearth the place we may.”

Firefighters couldn’t initially get quite a lot of water stress to combat the hearth, Huntley mentioned, noting crews needed to again up so as to get extra water. The close by Sundown Lake was used, he added.

“We had a number of partitions collapse on the constructing shortly after our arrival. It was simply too massive of a hearth to have the ability to get put out with what we had on scene on the time,” Huntley mentioned.

The assistant chief mentioned crews had been conscious of what was within the buildings as a result of pre-plans completed earlier than. The constructing had furnishings and autos inside, which Huntley mentioned meant the constructing had “quite a lot of various things in right here that would catch on fireplace.”

Initially, fireplace crews from West Stanly, Oakboro, Ridgecrest and Midland responded to the blaze, whereas later tanker vehicles from New Salem and Fairview in Union County assisted, together with Mount Nice Fireplace Division.

The Stanly County Fireplace Marshal’s workplace, Stanly County EMS and Stanfield Police Division had been additionally on scene.

One firefighter was handled for warmth exhaustion, Huntley mentioned, however as of 6 p.m. no different firefighters had been injured.