Crime & Safety
Fire Suppressant Sprays Throughout Aircraft Hangar
Oxford firefigters respond to early morning incident.
Oxford firefighters responded to the early Wednesday morning after a sprinkler system malfunction caused fire retardant foam to spray throughout a hangar.
The incident occurred about 5 a.m. in a hangar that held two jets, two small fixed-wing aircraft and a couple of automobiles, said Oxford Fire Chief Scott Pelletier. Nobody was injured, he said.
Foam seeped into a storm drain, a retention pond and wetlands near the airport, and workers from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection were called in to clean the area, Pelletier said. A DEEP contractor also helped with the cleanup, he said.
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An investigation into what caused the malfunction is ongoing by the state fire captain, Pelletier said.
Another similar incident occurred where foam sprayed throughout a hangar due to a malfunction that occurred when the power went out after the autumn nor’easter in late October/early November. Pelletier said it appears at this point the two incidents were not caused by the same malfunction.
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