Commercial Building Fire

On March 12th, 2024 at approximately 9:36am, Members of the Morganton
Department of Public Safety responded to 114 Wamsutta Mill Rd, Gerresheimer
Glass Inc., in reference to a structure fire. Crews were met by maintenance staff
on sight advising a HV/AC unit was on fire in the ceiling area above the bath
rooms. Crews quickly made access to the above ceiling unit extinguishing the
fire. The fire was contained to the HV/AC unit and Duct work extending from the
unit. No infrastructure components of the structure was damaged or affected, and
plant operations was able to resume to normal within approximately 1 hour.
The fire was determined to be caused by an electrical motor malfunction within
the HV/AC unit.
Agencies involved: Morganton Department of Public Safety, Burke EMS