Warehouse Fire Ignites from Discarded Rags

A trashcan that contained oil-soaked rags spontaneously ignited early Wednesday, causing a furniture sales business on Enterprise Road to catch fire, Dunedin fire officials report.

Sparks and smoke were coming from the roof of the warehouse bay at Sumatra Sun when Dunedin firefighters responded shortly before 7 a.m. on Oct. 26.

No one was inside the furniture business, which operates out of a warehouse on the 2600 block of Enterprise Road, at the time of the fire, and no injuries were reported.

The fire was contained to the one warehouse and damage is estimated at $25,000, officials report.

Adjoining warehouse bays sustained minor smoke damage, officials report.

Three Dunedin units responded. Clearwater Fire Department assisted.