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Fire chief details underground fire, response and monitoring at Williamsburg Premium Outlets parking lot
Summary
James City County Fire Chief briefed the Board on an underground fire beneath a pervious‑concrete parking area at the Williamsburg Premium Outlets. Crews contained burning plastic within a stormwater detention system; air monitoring by VDEM, DEQ and EPA found contaminant levels below permissible thresholds. An after‑action report and reconstruction planning are underway.
Williamsburg — James City County Fire Chief reported to the Board of Supervisors on Dec. 3 that crews responded Nov. 23 to smoke and repeated collapses in the parking lot at the Williamsburg Premium Outlets and found an underground fire in a stormwater detention facility.
Chief Ash said initial responders observed smoke emerging from vents and sinkholes across the parking surface and determined the burned structure was a pervious‑concrete parking surface over a detention basin built with plastic crates and gravel. Fire crews and county stormwater staff used plans to locate the burning material beneath the surface and attempted repeated water applications and remote nozzles to extinguish the fire.
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