TMM Business records Storage Fire 6-24-2010

Posted on Jun 25, 2010 in Records Management News

Albu­querque, NM  Watch Video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHmjKi09e-o

Fire­fight­ers Thurs­day say they have made tremen­dous progress against a blaze at a busi­ness records stor­age facil­ity that ignited Wednes­day.
Offi­cials said the mas­sive fire started at about 8 p.m. Wednes­day at Broad­way Boule­vard and Rose­mont Avenue. Odelia Road and Broad­way Boule­vard were shut down to traf­fic because of the blaze.
No one was inside at the time and no injuries were reported.
Strong winds ham­pered fire­fight­ing efforts after the blaze broke out about 7:45 p.m. Wednes­day in the block-long, one-story brick ware­house north of down­town Albu­querque.
The ware­house houses three busi­nesses, one of them being fac­tory auto parts. The fire was fueled by pal­lets of papers and boxes stacked at a busi­ness records stor­age facil­ity, offi­cials said.

Fire depart­ment spokes­woman Melissa Romero said fire­fight­ers Thurs­day had con­fined the blaze to the stor­age busi­ness, TMM Busi­ness Records Stor­age. She said, how­ever, fire­fight­ers have not been able to go inside the build­ing to sur­vey the dam­age. Romero said fire inves­ti­ga­tors are not expected to be able to enter the build­ing before Fri­day.
The company’s web­site claims it is a 40,000 square foot facil­ity used to store hard copies of doc­u­ments and media. The com­pany indi­cates it scans and backs up every­thing on site. It also touts a reg­u­larly tested dis­as­ter recov­ery plan.
Fire offi­cials said they haven’t spo­ken yet with TMM offi­cials, but say the other busi­nesses in the com­plex aren’t dam­aged.
Action 7 News called TMM Busi­ness Records Stor­age Thurs­day after­noon. The com­pany had no com­ment on the fire.
Winds died down by Thurs­day, but about 45 fire­fight­ers from 15 units remained on the scene.
Wednes­day, offi­cials roped off much of the area sur­round­ing the facil­ity, but that didn’t stop spec­ta­tors from watch­ing.
“We just wanted to see where all the smoke was com­ing from, because they were divert­ing all the traf­fic,” one spec­ta­tor said.
“We saw the smoke and we decided to go chase the fire,” said another spec­ta­tor. .
The cause of the blaze has not yet been determined.