Nip Impressions logo
Wed, Apr 8, 2026 14:59
Visitor
Home
Click here for Pulp & Paper Radio International
Subscription Central
Must reads for pulp and paper industry professionals
Search
My Profile
Login
Logout
Management Side
Firefighter taken to hospital for minor head injury after Smurfit Westrock Solvay, New York industrial fire; parts of facility damaged

SOLVAY, N.Y. (From news reports) -- One firefighter was taken to a hospital for a minor head injury and some property was damaged during a blaze at a Solvay industrial facility Tuesday night, April 7.

An industrial fire at Smurfit Westrock Solvay Mill on Industrial Parkway was reported at about 9:45 p.m. April 6, according to Onondaga County 911.

The Solvay Fire Department said in a Facebook post that firefighters arrived at 9:48 p.m., locating fires throughout a cardboard drying unit and the ventilation system, which spread the blaze across three floors. The sprinkler system activated, but it couldn't contain the flames.

The department said property damage at the facility was limited to the drying unit and ventilation system. One firefighter was taken by an ambulance to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse for a minor head injury, but he was later released.

The blaze was extinguished in about 45 minutes, the department said, adding that personnel exposed hidden smoldering fires for another 90 minutes.

Fifty firefighters responded to the scene, including from the Lakeside Fire Department in the hamlet of Lakeland and departments in Fairmount, Liverpool and Taunton.

Are your products listed in the Paperitalo Supplier Directory? If not, click here.


Printer-friendly format

 





Powered by Bondware
News Publishing Software

The browser you are using is outdated!

You may not be getting all you can out of your browsing experience
and may be open to security risks!

Consider upgrading to the latest version of your browser or choose on below: