MILWAUKEE — The insulation of a liquid asphalt container caught fire Sunday prompting a large response from the Milwaukee Fire Department near the 11800 block of W. Hampton Ave.
According to MFD, the generator inside the container overheated the insulation causing it to burst into flames.
The fire was tricky to put out, because of where the fire was located. Authorities had to get water from fire hydrants and spray it down a smokestack onto the insulation.
It took about an hour for MFD to put out the fire, and no one was injured in the process.
MFD got in contact with the owners of Stark Pavement Corp, an asphalt contractor, to find out what was inside the containers. Milwaukee Hazardous Material Response Team (Haz-Mat) was not needed at the scene.
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