A report of a fire at a Fruit Valley neighborhood business early Friday morning turned out to be spill of hot liquid metal.
Vancouver firefighters were called to Pacific Die Casting Corp., at 5712 N.W. Fruit Valley Road, at 12:40 a.m. for a report of a commercial fire.
While on their way to the call, firefighters upgraded the response to a two-alarm, sending more resources to the business because of the report of heavy smoke and people still inside, said Lead Deputy Fire Marshal Chad Lawry.
That was canceled, however, when crews learned that the smoke was coming from molten aluminum that spilled on the ground after a ceramic vat cracked, Lawry said.
