On Thursday, August 3, at 11:47 p.m., the Lee's Summit Fire Department responded to a structure fire at Performance Food Group (PFG), 290 SE Thompson Drive. Employees coming to work discovered a fire involving a refrigerated semi-trailer parked against the dock door.
When crews arrived, the fire had engulfed the box trailer at the dock door of a large food distribution warehouse. A second alarm was requested for additional personnel and equipment.
The fire was in the trailer's refrigeration unit and spread through the trailer to the building through the open trailer door. The dock door was closed, slowing the fire's spread. Firefighters attacked the fire in the trailer as crews entered the building to check for fire spread inside. Heat damage to the door allowed heavy smoke to enter the dock area, but firefighters contained the fire before it could spread inside....
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