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Frisco Fire: 10 first responders taken to hospital
10 first responders had to be taken to the hospital after a chemical fire in Frisco on Wednesday.
FRISCO, Texas - Ten first responders were hospitalized after battling a large chemical fire at a pool supply warehouse in Frisco on Wednesday morning.
The three-alarm fire started around 7:45 a.m. at the Texas Pool Supply warehouse on John. W. Elliott Drive.
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Frisco chemical fire shelter-in-place order lifted
A large chemical fire at a warehouse in Frisco is now out and the shelter-in-place order has been lifted.
That area northeast of Toyota Stadium is filled with warehouses, including the Dude Perfect warehouse.
Videos captured by FOX 4 viewers show the flames shooting into the air.
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Fire at Frisco pool supply business
A pool supply business caught fire in Frisco on Wednesday morning. A shelter in place order was issued for the area by Research Road and the Dallas North Tollway.
Frisco officials originally ordered people in the area to shelter in place because of the chemicals that were burning – pool salt, chlorine tablets, and pool shock.
When chlorine burns, it can send up hazardous smoke. Inhaling it can cause reactions like a violent cough, nausea, vomiting, headaches, chest pains, and burning eyes.
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Fire at Frisco pool supply business
Frisco residents are being asked to shelter in place due to a fire at a pool supply business.
But Frisco Fire Marshal Kelly Kistner said it was just a precaution.
"Early on with the large smoke plume, we had people who stated they were smelling things. So, in order to keep everybody safe, we wanted to make sure that we put that in place. That has since been lifted. The smoke, as you can see, is gone. There’s nothing airborne anymore, so that has been removed," he said.
Kistner said a team from the city and the TCEQ have been running air quality tests, and so far, everything has come back normal.
Officials are also no longer concerned about groundwater contamination.
A total of 10 first responders were sent to the hospital after the fire was out, including three firefighters and seven police officers.
"All of those are due to exposure from air inhalation. They are all at local hospitals. They are all stable, and they are under observation at this point," Kistner said.
There were no other reports of injuries.
Investigators think the fire may have started just outside the building in a pallet of pool shock chemicals.
"This looks like it was a chemical reaction that started outside the building on this pallet of material that they would sell to people who may want to buy the pool shock," Kistner said.
It spread to a truck parked by the dock and then to the building.
While the building suffered limited damage, its roof was significantly damaged.