{"id":8635,"date":"2025-03-12T10:44:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T14:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=8635"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:10:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:10:35","slug":"reynolds-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/reynolds-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Building 256 &#8211; August 27, 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8654\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-03-15-wsfd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-03-15-wsfd.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-03-15-wsfd-300x41.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-03-15-wsfd-730x99.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On August 27, 1998, a former tobacco factory complex in downtown Winston-Salem burned in a major fire that brought some 200 firefighters and most of the city fire department to the scene. It was battled for nearly seven hours, destroyed three large buildings, and closed a five-block area to traffic. Here are research notes on the incident, compiled from news reports and other sources.<\/p>\n<p>See photos and clippings <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1zpUI5VSuCD5yjVKvy4Fo0D-kXdlarq-o?usp=drive_link\">in this Google drive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Setting<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>August 27, 1998.<\/li>\n<li>Winds 12 to 20 mph out of the north and northeast.<\/li>\n<li>Gusts up to 25 or 30 mph, fanned by remnants of Hurricane Bonnie.<\/li>\n<li>High temperatures in low 90s.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Building [Complex] No. 256.<\/li>\n<li>Complex of four former tobacco factory buildings.<\/li>\n<li>Built between 1911 and 1925 on the site of the former 1892 building and the first Reynolds plant.<\/li>\n<li>The original factory was likely demolished or incorporated into the newer buildings.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Building #1 \u2013 Four and five-stories, 260 x 150 minus 90 x 30 courtyard.<\/li>\n<li>Building #2 \u2013 Four stories, 80 x 70<\/li>\n<li>Building #3 \u2013 Four stories, 240 x 120<\/li>\n<li>Building #4 (Albert Hall) \u2013 Four stories, 170 x 90 + 70 x 120<\/li>\n<li>Dimensions from 1957 Sanborn Maps.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>With 420,000 square-feet, computed from above.<\/li>\n<li>And 300,950 square-feet that burned.<\/li>\n<li>Newspapers reported 500,000 square-feet.<\/li>\n<li>Masonry construction with finished timber floors.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Factory closed in 1980s.<\/li>\n<li>Property sold to county in 1990.<\/li>\n<li>County sold property to JDL Castle Corporation.<\/li>\n<li>Site was being privately developed into a research park.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Building Under Renovation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Building(s) on north end was being renovated\/redeveloped.<\/li>\n<li>Middle section of complex was being demolished for a future parking garage.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Construction underway to restore the building, one month in progress.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkler system shut down during restoration.<\/li>\n<li>Workers discovered fire in a pile of old timbers outside a ground floor window.<\/li>\n<li>They were redwood timbers from a cooler tower that had been removed from near the center of the building.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Workers attempted to extinguish with five-gallon buckets of water.<\/li>\n<li>Others called for the water hose.<\/li>\n<li>Wind whipped down the brick alleys and spread the fire into the building, through the open windows.<\/li>\n<li>The 11-man crew of workers fled.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>About 60 workers were inside when the fire started.<\/li>\n<li>All evacuated safely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>First Alarm for Two Engines, Battalion Chief<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call received 10:36 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>First alarm 10:37 a.m. for E1, E4, B1.<\/li>\n<li>Aerial 2 was several blocks away, delivering a ventilation fan to a business. They observed a large column of smoke and added themselves to the call.<\/li>\n<li>Aerial 2 first-arriving with a large rubbish fire behind the 256 building, flames extending through windowless (windows removed?) openings in the building.<\/li>\n<li>Aerial 2 officer requested second alarm.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Second alarm 10:?? a.m. added E3, E5.<\/li>\n<li>Aerial 1 added themselves after an earlier fire alarm.<\/li>\n<li>Within nine minutes of first alarm, four engines, two aerial companies, and two command units were on scene.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>After the second alarm request, command directed an attack from Patterson Street using master streams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Special Call for Haz-Mat<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Third alarm 10:52 a.m. added E6, E18.<\/li>\n<li>Special call 10:54 a.m. for Aerial 3.<\/li>\n<li>Special call ??:?? a.m. for Hazmat 1, due to reports of chemical and oxygen-acetylene tanks in the area.<\/li>\n<li>The oxygen-acetylene tanks were in the building for cutting steel beams. At least one explosion later occurred during the fire.<\/li>\n<li>Workers later moved barrels of chemicals out of the building, and just prior to a section of the structure collapsing.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Crews briefly attempted an interior attack, but withdrew due to heavy fire conditions inside.<\/li>\n<li>The fire grew more intense and began moving floor to floor.<\/li>\n<li>Command withdrew all interior operations and began concentrating on exposures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Early Timeline<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10:36 a.m. &#8211; Call received<\/li>\n<li>10:37 a.m. &#8211; First alarm for E1, E4, B1.<\/li>\n<li>10:40 a.m. \u2013 E1 arrived.<\/li>\n<li>10:40 a.m. \u2013 E5 dispatched<\/li>\n<li>10:40 a.m. \u2013 A2 dispatched.<\/li>\n<li>10:41 a.m. \u2013 E18 changes from cold to hot response.<\/li>\n<li>10:42 a.m. \u2013 E18 arrived.<\/li>\n<li>~10:42 a.m. \u2013 A2 arrived.<\/li>\n<li>10:41 a.m. \u2013 A4 dispatched.<\/li>\n<li>10:42 a.m. \u2013 E3 dispatched<\/li>\n<li>~10:42 a.m. \u2013 Unit 1100 (aerial platform) requested, was returning to station from shop<\/li>\n<li>10:44 a.m. \u2013 E3 arrived<\/li>\n<li>10:44 a.m. \u2013 A3 dispatched.<\/li>\n<li>~10:45 a.m. \u2013 E5 arrived.<\/li>\n<li>10:59 a.m. \u2013 A3 arrived<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Within 23 minutes, there were five engines and four ladders on scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exposures<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two other buildings were adjacent to 256.<\/li>\n<li>R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Factory #12 and Albert Hall<\/li>\n<li>Each building was connected to the fire building(s) by breezeways on each of the four\/five floors.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Crews entered Building 12 to investigate and prevent extension.<\/li>\n<li>Reaching the breezeways, crews found heavy fire encroaching. With 2 \u00bd-inch lines, they held the fire and prevented any extension to Building 12.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Albert Hall, to the south, housed condos and office suites. Historic building, 81 years old.<\/li>\n<li>Crews entered and encountered active fires, high heat, and smoke.<\/li>\n<li>Master streams were placed between Building 256 and Albert Hall to dampen some of the heavy fire.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blasting Windows with Shotguns<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thick windows hampered efforts, made from a series of glass blocks.<\/li>\n<li>Each block had two half-inch panes that were four inches apart. Each weighed about four pounds.<\/li>\n<li>Deputies used pump-action shotguns to shatter the glass blocks.<\/li>\n<li>Many of the blocks didn\u2019t break until the third or fourth shot.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>After flames came within 50 feet of the nearby Forsyth County Jail, officials moved 732 or 744 inmates to the Joel Coliseum Annex for the afternoon.<\/li>\n<li>Alternate explanation for move, officials were concerned about inmates inhaling smoke.<\/li>\n<li>Moving the inmates took one hour and no problems were reported during the move.<\/li>\n<li>They began returning to the jail about 7:15 p.m., after the fire had been controlled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Collapsing Walls, Wide Perimeter\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sections of brick wall also collapsed, adding to cacophony of sounds that day.<\/li>\n<li>Building collapses started by 1:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Apparatus had to be moved at times, due to the fire shifting and walls collapsing.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Five-block area around the fire was shut down, during the entire operation.<\/li>\n<li>Fire Chief contacted the city water department for more water, but because of a miscommunication, two tank trucks were instead sent to the scene. It took two hours before water pressure was \u201cup to speed.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Over 200 Firefighters on Scene<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mutual aid was requested to neighboring departments for personnel and equipment.<\/li>\n<li>Kernersville and other county FDs responded, both on scene and with city coverage. [Need run card.]<\/li>\n<li>WSFD issued department-wide call-back for all off-duty members.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>By midafternoon, some 60 of 75 on-duty firefighters had responded.<\/li>\n<li>Another 60 off-duty members and 50 or more county volunteers came to the scene.<\/li>\n<li>Other VFDs moved to cover city stations, with only three of 14 city stations remaining with WSFD crews.<\/li>\n<li>County units answered calls including a house fire elsewhere in the city, and grass fires from burning embers along Interstate 40.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Total force on scene: 170 firefighters, 13 engines, five ladders.<\/li>\n<li>Alternate citation: 200+ city firefighters, including 120 off-duty. Also dozens of volunteer FFs.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Controlled After Seven Hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The fire burned for nearly eight hours.<\/li>\n<li>Flames reached 20 feet into the air.<\/li>\n<li>As walls and roofs collapsed, flames shot 100 feet into the air.<\/li>\n<li>Smoke covered most of downtown and could be seen as far away as Davidson County.<\/li>\n<li>Blowing embers sparked several grass fires along the shoulder of Interstate 40.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Fire was controlled at 5:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>As night fell, they began releasing some of the crews.<\/li>\n<li>Three of the four buildings had been destroyed, but the fire had been stopped into the adjacent buildings.<\/li>\n<li>Heavy equipment including a construction crane with a metal tip was then used to topple the remain unstable walls, as well as the concrete sign over the building. Crane work started by 6:20 p.m.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Four aerial streams also flowed through the night.<\/li>\n<li>The operating apparatus required on-scene fueling and constant checking.<\/li>\n<li>Crews were rotated and the incoming shifts manned apparatus already in operation, wetting down the debris from the day before.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Injuries and Damage<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There were a few injuries, but none that required hospitalizations.<\/li>\n<li>One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion, others were treated for minor injuries, including one hit by falling bricks.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMost were fighting heat exhaustion after 10 minutes inside. The building was burning at 1300 to 1500 degrees and they were carrying 45 pounds or so of wet gear.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSome were so dehydrated that their tongues cracked in the heat.\u201d [WSJ, 8\/29\/98]<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Falling bricks damaged several fire trucks and nearby cars. <br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Except for Albert Hall, the Building 256 complex was a total loss.<\/li>\n<li>It covered almost a city block and had a tax value of $720,000.<\/li>\n<li>Building 12 and Albert Hall were both damaged.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Albert Hall had 16 displaced businesses\u2014including a photo studio, a catheter manufacturer, and other medical supply companies\u2014and 13 condo residents.<\/li>\n<li>Initially thought to be heavily damaged, Albert Hall suffered only smoke damage.<\/li>\n<li>Building 12 housed the county General Services department and was connected to the complex by a metal walkway.<\/li>\n<li>It sustained fire and water damage.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Victoria Hall [?] was also damaged and later completely rebuilt.<\/li>\n<li>A building on the opposite side of Albert Hall housed a research center, and animals used by Wake Forest University were evacuated. The building was not damaged.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Causes and Spectators<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two stories circulated on the fire\u2019s origin, carelessly discarded cigarette or spark from welding tool.<\/li>\n<li>The Charlotte Observer reported the latter, that works with a cutting torch ignited wooden floor materials treated with flammable polyurethane coating.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Hundreds\/thousands of spectators watched, coming from downtown offices. Others drove in to watch the fire, including former RJR employees.<\/li>\n<li>Spectators also watched from along the railroad tracks behind the buildings.<\/li>\n<li>Drivers also slowed along Interstate 40 and US 52 to watch the fire. <br \/>\n\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Legeros was adopting a cat in Raleigh that day and had an appointment that afternoon, or he would have made the drive when he heard the incident was unfolding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Street Closures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Closed streets were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First between Church and Salem<\/li>\n<li>Second between Church and Chestnut<\/li>\n<li>Third between Main and Patterson<\/li>\n<li>Chestnut between Fourth and First<\/li>\n<li>Church between Fourth and Second<\/li>\n<li>Patterson between Salem and Belews<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lingering Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the Winston-Salem Journal on August 29, 1998. <\/p>\n<p>Q: Why didn\u2019t WSFD borrow a helicopter to fight the fire? <br \/>\nA: Said the Fire Chief, it would have needed to come from Fort Bragg, and probably would have dropped water on the wrong building(s), due to the strong winds. <\/p>\n<p>Q: Why didn\u2019t it blow up the breezeways connecting the buildings, to better prevent fire spread? <br \/>\nA: That was great idea but we don\u2019t have the equipment to do that, and not like \u201cpeople see on TV.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Q: Why didn\u2019t they put a firefighter at the top of the aerial, to direct the water spray? <br \/>\nA: The heat was too intense. And it already burned some of the wiring on the aerial. <\/p>\n<p>Q: Why did they leave a fire burning on one building\u2019s roof? <br \/>\nA: Probably because command made the decision to concentrate efforts on a building that could be saved, instead of one that couldn\u2019t be saved. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Various newspaper articles (to be expanded)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legeros.com\/history\/osfm\/journal\/pdf\/osfm-winston-salem-tobacco-warehouse.pdf\">OSFM Fire &amp; Rescue Journal, Volume 6-1, Winter 2008<\/a>\u00a0(PDF)<\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Freynolds-plant%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"8635\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"R.J. 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