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Brittain Recycling Fire

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Large black smoke plume leaving fire at Brittain & Sons Recycling<br />Date Taken: 4/1/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 40.2864111111111<br />Longitude: -86.5620888888889<br />Tags:
Large black smoke plume leaving fire at Brittain & Sons Recycling<br />Date Taken: 4/1/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 40.2861944444444<br />Longitude: -86.5454944444444<br />Tags:
During active fire at Brittain & Sons Recycling<br />Date Taken: 4/1/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Fire suppression for burning wood and plastics<br />Date Taken: 4/1/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Co-mingled materials for recycling, including wood pallets and white automotive headliner panels<br />Date Taken: 4/1/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Co-mingled materials for recycling, including wood pallets and polyethylene, polypropylene, and polylstyrene plastics.<br />Date Taken: 4/1/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Co-mingled materials for recycling, including wood pallets and polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene plastics<br />Date Taken: 4/1/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Brittain & Sons Recycling facility - surrounding roadside ditches were plugged to confine fire suppression water (foreground)<br />Date Taken: 4/1/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Fire suppression water runoff entered a county maintained drain (ditch). County officials installed an earthen containment dam.<br />Date Taken: 4/1/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Frac tanks were brought onsite overnight April 1st to containerize fire suppression runoff water<br />Date Taken: 4/1/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Fire 'hot spots' flared up on several occasions April 1 and 2 requiring the fire department to respond to the site several times <br />Date Taken: 4/2/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Additional frac tanks were brought onsite April 2nd to increase storage capacity. A trash pump and vacuum truck were used to pump fire suppression water runoff.<br />Date Taken: 4/2/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Fire suppression water runoff collected in roadside ditches surrounding the fire site <br />Date Taken: 4/2/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Cleanup Contractor hired by the responsible party vacuumed fire suppression water runoff from ditches at the Site<br />Date Taken: 4/2/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Frac tanks and pumping/collection of fire suppression water runoff from Site ditches<br />Date Taken: 4/2/2014<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:

Large black smoke plume leaving fire at Brittain & Sons Recycling Large black smoke plume leaving fire at Brittain & Sons Recycling During active fire at Brittain & Sons Recycling Fire suppression for burning wood and plastics Co-mingled materials for recycling, including wood pallets and white automotive headliner panels Co-mingled materials for recycling, including wood pallets and polyethylene, polypropylene, and polylstyrene plastics. Co-mingled materials for recycling, including wood pallets and polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene plastics Brittain & Sons Recycling facility - surrounding roadside ditches were plugged to confine fire suppression water (foreground) Fire suppression water runoff entered a county maintained drain (ditch). County officials installed an earthen containment dam. Frac tanks were brought onsite overnight April 1st to containerize fire suppression runoff water Fire 'hot spots' flared up on several occasions April 1 and 2 requiring the fire department to respond to the site several times Additional frac tanks were brought onsite April 2nd to increase storage capacity. A trash pump and vacuum truck were used to pump fire suppression water runoff. Fire suppression water runoff collected in roadside ditches surrounding the fire site Cleanup Contractor hired by the responsible party vacuumed fire suppression water runoff from ditches at the Site Frac tanks and pumping/collection of fire suppression water runoff from Site ditches