Units were dispatched for report of smoke in the building of National Transmission in Portage on May 14.
Ladder 1, whose firehouse is less then a mile away, pulled out and immediately saw a dark header of smoke. They called for a first and second alarm.
Heavy fire was showing through out the one-story building when Ladder 1 arrived.
Units set up three aerial master streams as well as two TFT Blitzfire master streams and multiple hand-lines to bring the fire under control.
A third alarm was then requested and a hzzmat personnel were then called to the scene for possible drainage problems of the materials that were in the car repair shop.
Units on scene included: Portage Ladder 1, Rescue 1, Tower 2, Engine 3, Rescue 3, Fire 1, Fire 2, Fire 3, Fire 5, South Haven 2712, 2751, 2701, 2702, Burns Harbor 3322, Liberty 1912, Union 1121, Porter 910, Boone Grove 1310, Porter EMS, Porter County HazMat
