Firefighter taken to hospital for minor head injury after Solvay industrial fire; parts of facility damaged

SOLVAY, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — One firefighter was taken to a hospital for a minor head injury and some property was damaged during a blaze at a Solvay industrial plant Tuesday night.

An industrial fire at Smurfit Westrock Solvay Mill on Industrial Parkway was reported at about 9:45 p.m. April 6, according to Onondaga County 911.

The Solvay Fire Department said in a Facebook post that firefighters arrived at 9:48 p.m., locating fires throughout a cardboard drying unit and the ventilation system, which spread the blaze across three floors. The sprinkler system activated, but it couldn’t contain the flames…

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