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Forestdale, MA – Sprinkler system puts out condominium fire

The Sandwich Fire Chief William Carrico is stressing the importance of residential sprinkler systems after a condominium was saved last night.  Crews arrived at the condo at 14 Brightside Lane in Forestdale just after 7:30 p.m. to find the fire had already been put out. The fire which started in the kitchen was confined to the stove top and was extinguished by the sprinkler system.  Carrico said if it were not for the sprinkler system, there would have been significant fire and smoke damage.

Lafayette, CA – Sprinkler system helps stop fire in single-family home, Fire crews rescue dog

Crews responded around 8:45 a.m. to reports of a fire at a house on Kim Road and arrived to find that a sprinkler system inside the home had helped prevent the blaze from spreading, fire Capt. George Laing said.  Firefighters rescued a pet dog from a fire that damaged a hillside home in Lafayette this morning, a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District spokesman said.

The home’s hillside location and its distance from the nearest fire hydrant made it tough to access and douse the flames, but crews were able to get the fire under control around 9:20 a.m., Laing said.

“All in all, this was a great job by the crews and a save by the sprinkler system,” the fire captain said.

Naperville, IL – Sprinkler system keeps early morning fire from spreading in commercial building

Firefighters were called to the 2100 block of Corporate Lane about 5:23 a.m. after an alarm was activated and a security guard reported seeing smoke, according to a news release from the fire department.  Crews responding to the scene found a hanging heater unit in an engineering room had caused the fire, officials said.  However, it was located directly beneath a sprinkler so the fire did not spread.

St. Joseph, MO – Kitchen grease fire in university residence hall controlled by sprinkler system

A small grease fire in Scanlon Hall at Missouri Western State University caused an evacuation of all Scanlon residents on Tuesday, Nov. 18.  Jacob Teasley, second year resident assistant in Scanlon Hall, was involved with the event.

“There was a grease fire in the kitchen of the first floor guys’ wing,” Teasley said. “The students put water on it to put it out and it got worse.” Teasley believed there were two students directly involved in the fire.  He said that no one was hurt.

Mallory Murray, director of public relations and marketing, sent an email to all Western employees regarding the fire. “There was no structural damage, however, students were disrupted between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. and it may have impacted attendance in class for those that live in this hall,” Murray said in the email.  According to Teasley, the sprinkler was going off in the kitchen where the fire occurred only, not in the rest of the hall.

Hempfield, PA – Sprinkler system activates, assists firefighters in fire at Olive Garden restaurant

The Olive Garden Italian restaurant along Route 30 in Hempfield was damaged by a kitchen fire late Wednesday night that spewed smoke through the building, emergency responders said.

The fire, which was reported at 11:36 p.m., started in the kitchen, went up a kitchen wall and spread into the ceiling, Bovard fire Chief Greg Saunders said.

The first responders were able to knock it down quickly, Saunders said. The building’s sprinkler system also sprayed water on the fire.

Pittsburgh, PA – Fire in high-rise residence hall at University of Pittsburgh extinguished by sprinkler system

University of Pittsburgh, Litchfield Tower A — The fire spread to a pillow and part of a chair, according to resident Jorge Garcia, but the sprinkler system put out the fire before it spread further.

“Fortunately, the sprinkler system was still working and put out the fire before any personnel arrived to extinguish it,” Pitt spokesman John Fedele said.  There was no “substantial damage” to anything in Tower A, Fedele said, aside from the carpet, desk and chair in room 818.

Garcia, a freshman neuroscience major, was in the room when the laptop caught fire. “I heard a spark, and then it was just flames,” Garcia said.

Columbia, MO – Sprinkler system saves Quaker Oats facility

Officials are investigating a fire at the PepsiCo Quaker Oats facility in Columbia Wednesday morning. Several employees called 911 around 6:25 a.m. to report a fire in a rice cake processing machine. They attempted to put the fire out with handheld extinguishers before evacuating the building. Shortly thereafter, the building’s automatic sprinkler system extinguished the fire.  According to Columbia Fire Battalion Chief John Metz, without the sprinkler system, the fire would’ve been “devastating”.

Cleveland, OH – Fire at large commercial business extinguished by sprinkler system, Damage minimized

Cleveland Firefighters rushed to battle a blaze at InterGroup International on Wednesday morning. By the time crews arrived, the sprinkler system had already extinguished the fire.

Officials say the fire started around 5:30 a.m. as a worker was testing material to be recycled. The business is a shipping and receiving company that buys, reprocesses and sells post-industrial scrap plastics. The business is located in the 14500 block of Darley Avenue on the city’s east side.

Owner Neil Gloger says only two employees were inside at the time and evacuated safely. Gloger says there was no building damage but minor damage to supplies. He says they feel fortunate about the outcome and the business was able to reopen within two hours of the incident.

Huntington, WV – Sprinkler system helps avert potential disaster at senior high-rise building

The fire broke out on Sunday night at Highlawn Place, a senior affordable housing building.  Huntington Fire Chief Carl Eastham tells WSAZ the building was partially evacuated after a mattress caught fire in the trash room on the 7th floor about 9:45 p.m.

When firefighters arrived on the scene, the sprinkler system had pretty much put out the fire.  No one was injured and the displaced residents should be able to move back in later Monday.