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The fire caused $20,000 in damage
to the vehicle. No information was
available on damage to the structure,
which was under demolition.

COMMERCIAL/
INDUSTRIAL
FLORIDA
Employee injured when vape pen
explodes
A man suffered burn injuries when a
vaping device exploded, resulting in a
flash fire at a commercial facility that
activated the alarm system.
Firefighters were dispatched at
9:30 a.m. following notification by a
central station monitoring company
of an alarm activation. Arriving crews
reported no fire showing from the
exterior of a two-story manufacturing facility. Inside the building, crews
found an employee with burn injuries

in an office area and learned that a
vaping device had exploded in the
man's pocket.
Crews reported that there was no
active fire and only minimal damage
from the fire to an office chair and
clothing. The victim initially declined
medical care, but medical personnel
determined that he required advanced
medical care and requested a medical
flight for transport to the hospital.
Reports indicated that the victim was
treated for second-degree burns to one
of his legs.

ARIZONA
Fire causes extensive damage to
automotive repair shop
An early morning fire at an automotive
repair facility destroyed several vehicles
and caused major structural damage
before it was extinguished by a large
crew of firefighters.
The fire department was dispatched
to the scene at 1:28 a.m. following

reports of a commercial fire. Arriving
crews reported that a working fire was
visible inside a large shop located in
an industrial yard. A number of repair
bays equipped with large roll-up metal
doors ran along one side of the shop.
Crews donned full personal protective equipment and worked their way
forward to the front of the building,
where fire was visible in the shop area.
Before they could begin attacking the
fire, crews had to use gas cutting tools
to open the metal bay doors and gain
access to the interior.
Once inside, crews were able to
locate and evaluate the work bays,
where they found that the entire interior of the shop had some degree of fire
involvement, with much of it concentrated in a front corner area.
Crews used hand lines to begin
knocking down the fire at the front of
the facility. Although they were able to
extinguish most of the fire with water,
they used a Class A foam and dry

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