Iron Mountain facilities burn.

• Author: Swartz, Nikki
• Position: UP FRONT

In July, a six-story paper storage warehouse owned by Iron Mountain in east London caught fire and burned to the ground. An Iron Mountain warehouse in Ottawa, Canada, burned in the same week.

In London, BBC News said flames shot up 20 to 30 feet in the air from the building that housed "archived, inactive business records," according to Iron Mountain. The fire burned itself out after two days and resulted in a total loss of all the records contained inside.

Four delivery vehicles also caught fire, but no one was injured, according to the BBC. Media reports said that the 126,000-square-foot facility's sprinkler system failed to work.

SearchStorage.com reported that the paper records of more than 600 Iron Mountain customers burned along with the building. Investigations are underway to determine the cause of the fires and why sprinkler systems failed to work. SearchStorage.com also said that Iron Mountain has hired an investigation group to review its security procedures and has not ruled out suspicious activity as a cause of the blaze. Iron Mountain also reports it is adding more security staff at its facilities, conducting additional reviews, and instigating background checks on personnel and all third...