CLEVELAND — Firefighters from the Cleveland Fire Department responded to a fire at Chemical Solvent Inc. Thursday morning, according to Lt. Mike Norman, public information officer for the Cleveland Division of Fire. The fire started as a result of a boiler malfunction.
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Firefighters responded to 3751 Jennings Road at around 1:15 a.m. for reports of a fire.
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Crews battled the blaze until 3 a.m. About an hour later, firefighters returned to the plant to put out additional flames.
Here is what @ClevelandFire found at 4am when they returned to the plant. Once they got water on the fire it was under control in about 15 minutes. No word on a cause. 2/2 pic.twitter.com/HhVdxbAdnd
— Mike Vielhaber (@MVielhaber) April 30, 2020
Lt. Norman said the fire was ruled accidental as a result of a boiler malfunction.
According to fire investigators, there was no environmental impact as all the runoff was contained to the property.
The cost in damages is estimated at $100,000, according to Cleveland Fire.