It took the fire department one and half hours to put the fire out. Inside the warehouse were chemicals Nitrogaunidine and Powdered Aluminum. Nitorguanidine must be kept wet or it will become potentially explosive. These chemicals were stored by Key Safety Systems for the manufacturing of airbag systems in vehicles.

Due to the risk to of the chemicals exploding firefighters did not enter until the fire was contained. Polk County Fire Rescue’s Hazardous Materials Team was called to assist and upon fire being extinguished team entered the structure to survey the site and perform reconnaissance of the chemicals.

Upon cursory inspections of the warehouse there were no airplane parts or victims to recover. It is suspected that this is due to the high temperature at which the chemical fueled fire burned. Once able to be allowed in LPD Crime Scene investigators will be able to investigate and confirm any findings. The plane belonged to local flight school Tail Wheels inc. based out of Lakeland Linder Regional Airport.