{"id":1814,"date":"2014-02-09T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T22:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2014\/02\/09\/early-morning-fire-at-winchesters-eas\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:23:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:23:36","slug":"early-morning-fire-at-winchesters-eas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1814","title":{"rendered":"Early Morning Fire At Winchester&#8217;s East Alton Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:12211,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.stltoday.com\\\/news\\\/local\\\/crime-and-courts\\\/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-east-alton-ammunition-plant\\\/article_7e5ee8a9-13a7-5424-a45e-8caf5d7bcb88.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20231120050412\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.stltoday.com\\\/news\\\/local\\\/crime-and-courts\\\/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-east-alton-ammunition-plant\\\/article_7e5ee8a9-13a7-5424-a45e-8caf5d7bcb88.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 09:45:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 17:23:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 17:23:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12212,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.kmov.com\\\/news\\\/mobile\\\/Fire-breaks-out-at-East-Alton-ammunition-plant-244620561.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20140413191818\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.kmov.com\\\/news\\\/mobile\\\/Fire-breaks-out-at-East-Alton-ammunition-plant-244620561.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 09:45:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 17:23:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 17:23:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12213,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/fox2now.com\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/09\\\/fire-at-east-alton-ammunition-company-overnight&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/fox2now.com\\\/2014\\\/02\\\/09\\\/fire-at-east-alton-ammunition-company-overnight&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12214,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2010\\\/08\\\/winchester-plans-moving-center-fire.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:12215,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.olin.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260323171040\\\/https:\\\/\\\/olin.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 09:46:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 19:12:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 19:12:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nThere was a fire in the early hours of the morning at Winchester&#8217;s East Alton, Illinois ammunition plant. Fortunately, it seems that only a maintenance shed was destroyed and the fire did not spread to other areas of the plant.<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/firefighters-battle-blaze-at-east-alton-ammunition-plant\/article_7e5ee8a9-13a7-5424-a45e-8caf5d7bcb88.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>An early-morning blaze and propane explosion at an ammunitions factory in East Alton was contained to a maintenance shed and caused no injuries, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>A motorist spotted fire in a maintenance shop at the Winchester Ammunition plant, which is a division of Olin Corp.,  and called 911 about 3:15 a.m., according to East Alton Fire Chief Randy Nelson.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Reports vary as to when the fire was first spotted but it was finally extinguished around 7:30 this morning. The blaze caused propane cylinders to explode and steam lines to rupture from the intense heat.<\/p>\n<p>More on the fire from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kmov.com\/news\/mobile\/Fire-breaks-out-at-East-Alton-ammunition-plant-244620561.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Louis station KMOV<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>You can see the morning after pictures in this report from <a href=\"http:\/\/fox2now.com\/2014\/02\/09\/fire-at-east-alton-ammunition-company-overnight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox 2 St. Louis<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2010\/08\/winchester-plans-moving-center-fire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winchester has been in the process of moving its center-fire ammunition production<\/a> from the East Alton plant to its much newer plant in Oxford, Mississippi. Winchester started this move in mid-2010. Rimfire ammunition was moved to Oxford earlier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Olin Corporation, the parent of Winchester, has not made any official statement on the fire that I can see on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their website<\/a>. Given that it happened on a Sunday morning, this is not too surprising.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a fire in the early hours of the morning at Winchester&#8217;s East Alton, Illinois ammunition plant. 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