Dive summary:
- A tracker caught fire inside the Murrieta recycling plant in California yesterday, employees were in the building at the time but everyone escaped without being harmed.
- Thanks to the building’s sprinkler system the fire was isolated to the tractor and didn’t cause any other major damage.
- Even though the fire was contained the facility reported $30,000 in damages.
From the article:
More than an hour later, the warehouse-style building was still filled with white smoke, several fire trucks were at the scene and Date Street was closed to traffic. The burned tractor could be seen through an open bay door.
Kean said the cause of the fire is under investigation but workers had just completed some repairs to the tractor, which involved welding, before it caught fire. ...
