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Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail

Richmond, CA – Sprinkler system activated for arson fire at Target store; No injuries reported

June 24, 2022 viking210 Leave a comment

The automatic sprinkler system at the Richmond Target store helped keep an arson fire in the store “small and nearly extinguished,” according to Richmond Firefighters Local 188.

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Apartment Building, Residential

Norfolk, VA – Sprinkler system activated for fourth floor apartment fire; No injuries reported

June 23, 2022 viking210 Leave a comment

A fire in a waterfront apartment building in Norfolk has - at least temporarily - displaced all of its residents.

The fire alarm in the building went … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Manufacturing, Paper Mill / Saw Mill

Whitestown, NY – Sprinkler system activated for fire at manufacturing facility; No injuries reported

June 21, 2022 viking210 Leave a comment

No one was injured when a milling machine caught on fire at Whitcraft manufacturing on Halsey Road in Whitestown very early Sunday morning, according to the New York Mills Fire … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Other - Residential, Residential

Westfield, MA – Sprinkler system activated for fire at residential building; No injuries reported

June 20, 2022 viking210 Leave a comment

Firefighters responded to 27 Washington St. Thursday morning after a fire was reported on the third floor of the residential building.

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Apartment Building, Residential

Lafayette, IN – Sprinkler system activated for apartment fire; No injuries reported

June 17, 2022 viking210 Leave a comment

Lafayette Fire responded to a call just after 9 p.m. Sunday regarding an apartment fire.

Lafayette Fire confirmed to News 18 at the scene that a smoke … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse

Corbin, KY – Sprinkler system activated for fire at warehouse facility

June 15, 2022 viking210 Leave a comment

Officials at Webbed Sphere Inc. were alerted to a small fire at the company’s facility that triggered the alarm and sprinkler systems about 3 a.m. Tuesday morning.

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Other / Not Specified, Other Business

Draper, UT – Sprinkler system activated for fire at water park changing rooms

June 13, 2022 viking210 Leave a comment

Cowabunga Bay was closed after a fire broke out in the water park's changing rooms early Saturday morning.

Draper Fire Department officials said crews responded to a … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Apartment Building, Residential

Airdrie, AB, Canada – Sprinkler system extinguishes fire in four-story apartment building; No injuries reported

June 6, 2022 viking210

A four-story apartment building caught fire on June 1 at 5 p.m. in Canals Crossing, located in southwest Airdrie. No injuries have been reported at this time.

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Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail

Houston, TX – Sprinkler system activated for fire at supermarket loading dock; No injuries reported

June 5, 2022 viking210

Firefighters arrived on scene within four minutes to find a fire in a loading dock connected to a supermarket. The made an attack on the fire and with the sprinkler … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Athletic Club/Sports Facility, Other Business

Boston, MA – Sprinkler system activated for fire at press box grandstand

June 3, 2022 viking210

In the aftermath of a six-alarm fire that tore through a section of the old Suffolk Downs grandstand roof late Monday night, May 30, and into early Tuesday morning, on-site … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Reporting on lives and property saved by fire sprinklers