Riverview Plaza Office Building Fire

Downtown Mobile Steve Huffman Mobile firefighters responded to an early morning fire alarm at the Riverview Plaza Office Building.

by Mobile Fire-Rescue Department News Release

Published: Wed, August 06, 2008 - 5:51 am CST Last Updated: Wed, August 06, 2008 - 1:42 pm CST

Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at the Riverview Plaza Office Building, located at 63 South Royal Street, early Wednesday morning. The call was received from the alarm company at approximately 3:42 a.m. and firefighters arrived 5 minutes later to begin checking the source of the alarm.

As firefighters entered the hotel portion of the complex, they noticed a light flashing on an upper level floor of the office building. As firefighters moved in the direction of the office building they discovered water flowing through the sprinkler gong.

Firefighters had to force entry into the building and upon entry discovered heavy water and light smoke coming from the eighth floor. As they made their way to the eighth floor they discovered a small fire had occurred in an office on that floor.

Fire Investigators discovered that a small desk top copier machine, which was sitting on the floor, had caught fire and activated a single sprinkler head above it, which extinguished the fire, preventing it from spreading further. There was some smoke damage on the eighth floor and water damage throughout.

No injuries were reported and no damage estimate is available at this time.

Engines 3, 8, 11, truck 4, rescue 3 and District Chief Billy Roach responded.

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carl Says:

Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 9:51 am

They keep adding all them spires to the top of the buildings and it’s gonna look like the back of a porcupine on a bad day,huh ?

DEW26M Says:

Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:07 am

WOOHOO I figured it out!! I have seen a few pictures of Mobile recently that had this big building with the top that resembled the RSA Tower, I could not for the life of me figure out what it was or if it was recently built! I thought that they were draft photos of a new building. Now I know that they just added a new top to the Riverview Plaza Office. Nice, it adds a nice touch and futuristic look to the City Of Mobile!