Officials continue to investigate the cause of the late night Jan. 27 fire which destroyed the millwright shop and several supply bins at DH Manufacturing on Hols Road in Houston.
“The exact cause is not determined and may not be able to due to the extent of the damage in the [block] supply bins,” says Houston Fire Department chief Jim Daigneault.
Four department trucks and 16 department members responded to the call which was received at 10:15 p.m. that night.
Crews arrived to find the millwright shop fully engulfed along with the two bins that supply the main mill building.
They concentrated their efforts on protecting the main structure so the fire would not get into the main building.
“The first challenge was to make sure the fire did not get into the main building and then we had to manage the water supply as we were drawing from the fire storage lagoon,” said Daigneault.
Crews spent six and a half hours at the location, he said.
Employees were able to return to work the morning after the fire.