Goochland Warehouse Fire

On May 6, 2023, Goochland County Fire and Rescue responded to a reported commercial structure fire at the Strickland Manufacturing off of Broad Street Road. Fire crews arrived to find an approximately 19,000-squarefoot warehouse with heavy fire involvement within about 60 percent of the structure. Crews quickly initiated a fire attack aftergaining access to the gated yard, as well as setting up a watersupply from a nearby dry fire hydrant on a pond approximately two miles from the fire. Crews worked formultiple hours to get the fire undercontrol. Goochland had mutual aid assistance from multiple othercounties including Hanover, Henri co, Chesterfield, Powhatan and Louisa. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire was underinvestigation.