Salt Lake commercial fire causes upwards of $80k in damage

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) – The spontaneous combustion of oily rags caused a commercial fire in Salt Lake City early Sunday morning, said Salt Lake City Fire Dept.

Crews responded to the commercial fire at 1658 S. 4370 W. just before 1 a.m.

Video footage as crews first arrived at this morning’s fire: pic.twitter.com/JV3YF7swAU

— Salt Lake City Fire Department (@slcfire) August 4, 2019

Crews said they had the fire under control within 30 minutes.

Even though sprinklers activated in a nearby building, which helped save the main building, the fire did an estimated damage $80,000-100,000 in damage to the business.

Salt Lake City Fire dept. later blamed the spontaneous combustion of oily rags for starting the fire.

Commercial fire:1658 S 4370 W.
Initial dispatch at 0043. Fire under control within 30 minutes. Sprinklers activated in adjacent building which helped save the main building. No injuries reported. Estimated damage $80,000-100,000 pic.twitter.com/ArnddFYW8c

— Salt Lake City Fire Department (@slcfire) August 4, 2019