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Incident Report – 09/13/2022
1850 Flat Creek, Mortons Gap, KY 42440

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Summary

On September 13, 2022, South Hopkins Fire Department responded to a fire incident at 1850 Flat Creek, Mortons Gap, KY 42440, a manufacturing/processing facility.

The alarm was received at 2:43 PM, 12 suppression personnel arrived at 2:53 PM, the incident was controlled at 7:35 PM, and the last unit was cleared at 8:44 PM. The time to arrive was 10 minutes, the time to control the incident was 4 hours, 42 minutes, and the total incident time was 6 hours, 1 minute.

The following action was taken during the incident: extinguish.

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Location

Type Street address
Address 1850 Flat Creek, Mortons Gap, KY 42440
County Hopkins County
State KY
City Mortons Gap
Zip Code 42440
Property Use Manufacturing, processing

Timeline

  • Alarm

    Alarm received at

  • Arrived

    Arrived at

    Alarm to arrival: 10 minutes

  • Incident Controlled

    Incident controlled at

    Alarm to incident controlled: 4 hours, 42 minutes

  • Last Unit Cleared

    Last unit cleared at

    Alarm to last unit cleared: 6 hours, 1 minute

Response

Incident Type Fires in structures other than in a building
Department Station Mai
Mutual Aid Given/Received None
Resources Include Mutual Aid No

Personnel

Support Personnel 12
EMS Personnel 0
Other Personnel 0

Fire Department

Name South Hopkins Fire Department
Department Type Volunteer
Address 8920 Hopkinsville Rd
Nortonville, KY 42442
Phone (270) 258-5482

Actions Taken

First Action Taken Extinguish

Metadata

Incident Key KY_54710_09132022_2200063_0
State Kentucky
Fire Department ID 54710
Incident Date 09/13/2022
Incident Number 2200063
Exposure Number 0
NFIRS Version 5.0

Fire Report

Cause

General Cause Electrical
Main Fire Cause Electrical Malfunction
Priority Cause Unclassified elec malfunction

Ignition

Area of Origin Storage area, other
Heat Source Flying brand, ember, spark
Item First Ignited Chips, including wood chips
Type of Material Wood chips, sawdust, shavings
Cause of Ignition Cause under investigation
Factor Contributing To Ignition Mechanical failure, malfunction, other
Factor Contributing To Ignition Electrical failure, malfunction, other

On-Site Materials

On-Site Material Lumber, sawn wood

Spread

No Flame Spread/Same As First/Unknown Yes

Structure

Not Residential No
Number of Residential Units -1
Structure Type Open structure

Number of Stories With Damage

Story of Fire Origin 1

Acres

Less Than One Acre No

Automatic Extinguishing System

AES Presence None Present

Detector

Detector Presence None Present

Equipment

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