Fire rips through abandoned Georgia Pacific warehouse in Jarratt

Huge fire burns through old Georgia-Pacific plant in Greensville

GREENSVILLE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- Firefighters from multiple localities spent hours battling a huge fire at a former manufacturing plant in Greensville County on Tuesday. At about 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 8, crews with the Jarratt Fire Department were called to the old Georgia-Pacific plant at 116 S. Allen Road for report of a commercial fire. When they arrived, firefighters found heavy smoke and fire pouring from the plant's roof. July 8 co…

Fire rips through abandoned Georgia Pacific warehouse in Jarratt

JARRATT, Va. Multiple departments responded to a fire at an abandoned Georgia Pacific warehouse in Jarratt on Tuesday. Assistant Greensville County Fire Chief Justin Rawlings said he received multiple calls about the fire just after 11:30 a.m.Rawlings told CBS 6 there were several exposures inside the plant and multiple explosions could be heard going off inside, likely from old propane tanks.Different ladder trucks actively sprayed water on the…