A small fire in a dust vent near a receiving bay at Bradford White Company was quickly put out Sunday afternoon by Thornapple Township Emergency Services firefighters, Chief Randy Eaton said.

“Employees were removing a cover from the dust collector when something sparked, starting the fire. The sprinklers went off, we just added a little more water in there,” Eaton said. “We were only there about an hour.”

Bradford White’s  professional company came in while they were there and replaced the sprinkler, he said. There was no production time lost, the employees were there for maintenance.

Wayland and Caledonia fire departments also responded, but after about 15 minutes, returned to their home stations, Eaton said.