The Frisco Fire Department has lifted a shelter-in-place order for people who live near a pool supply company that caught fire Wednesday morning. The fire started at the business on John W. Elliott Drive north of Downtown about 7:45.
The Frisco Fire Department says crews got the fire under control within 20 minutes; the fire was completely extinguished about an hour and 45 minutes later. Little Elm Fire Department helped at the site of the fire; Plano, Prosper and The Colony sent crews to man Frisco stations to respond to other calls.
"Our mutual aid partners are invaluable. We rely on them, and they rely on us," says Frisco Fire Marshal Kelly Kistner. "When you have a big incident like this, we can come take of this and still know our citizens are taken care of."
No one was hurt in the fire itself, but two firefighters did go to the hospital as a precaution after inhaling fumes. Later during a press conference, Kistner says three firefighters and seven police offiicers were taken to the hospital as a precaution.
As of early afternoon, Kistner confirmed the status of those in the hospital.
"They are stable," Kistner says. "This was a precaution to make sure we're taking care of our personnel and having them checked out."
Kistner says the shelter-in-place order was lifted later Wednesday morning when air and water tests came back normal. He says TCEQ is also sending a crew for additional testing. He says pool salt, chlorine tablets and calcium hypochlorite, known as "Pool Shock" were involved in the fire.
"We're making sure we continue to work the hazardous materials piece of this," he says. "The shelter-in-place was put in place strictly as a precaution."
He says investigators have now started looking for the cause of the fire. He says an employee of the business called 911 after seeing the fire, and all eight employees left the building. Access to the industrial park, east of John W. Elliott, remains closed.
This is a developing story. Come back for more details.
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