Fire officials respond to fire at Andrew Automotive in Glendale

GLENDALE (WITI) -- North Shore Fire officials on Thursday, January 24th responded to the Andrew Automotive center on La Salle Ave. in Glendale for a fire. 

The incident occurred just after 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. 

A North Shore Fire/Rescue Truck Company was pulling out of the firehouse in Glendale to respond to a call for service and noticed a large amount of heavy black smoke coming from the area southwest of the station. 

Almost simultaneously, the Bayside Communications Center received a 911 call from the Andrew Automotive Collision Repair Center.  

First arriving crews found heavy black smoke pushing from the structure and the incident commander upgraded the call to a working incident to bring additional fire companies to the scene.  Fire companies began an aggressive offensive attack on the fire and were able to quickly bring it under control and ultimately extinguish the fire.

There were no injuries to any of the occupants of the structure or any of the fire or law enforcement personnel operating at the scene. 

Following an investigation, the origin of the fire was determined to be an automobile painting booth located within the structure.  At this time, it appears that a static charge ignited painting fumes within the booth starting the fire.  The damage estimate to the booth and the structure is estimated at approximately $100,000.