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Fire at furniture repair shop controlled by sprinkler system (New Bedford, MA)
Sprinklers prove effectiveness in unoccupied apartment unit fire (Los Angeles, CA)
A fire erupted in an unoccupied apartment unit on Sunday afternoon. The fire, which is still under investigation, was contained to that unit by the apartment’s fire sprinkler system. The three-story apartment building’s other residents were able to safely evacuate.
“The sprinklers did an excellent job of keeping the fire in check and not allowing [it] to spread,” Orange County Fire Authority Captain Steve Concialdi. “If there were no sprinklers, this fire would have gone into the attic and a number of apartments.”
Fire at apartment unit put out by sprinkler system (San Diego, CA)
Sprinkler contains arson fire at high school (Havre de Grace, MD)
** Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by The Baltimore Sun, which focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system**
Sprinklers extinguish fire at two-story multi-family residence (Riverside, CA)
** Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by reporter Martin Henderson and the Palm Desert Patch, who focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system**
Fire at commercial business nearly put out by sprinkler system (Nazareth, PA)
Sprinkler keeps fire from spreading at industrial facility (Grand Rapids, MI)
Fire at Microtel Inn & Suites controlled with help from sprinkler system (Holland, MI)
Sprinkler system controls arson fire at senior apartment building (Lancaster, PA)
City firefighters responded to the three-alarm fire, which was reported at 10:25 a.m. in the three-story Apartments at Mulberry Corners building. When firefighters arrived, the door to the woman’s third-floor apartment felt hot, said Chief Tim Gregg. The woman, whose identity was not available, was alone in the apartment, Gregg said. Firefighters helped her to exit and she was taken to the hospital, to be checked for injuries. The marshal ruled the fire was “incendiary” in nature, Gregg said. The fire was contained by the sprinkler system in the apartment building, he said. The apartment did not have extensive damage.Gregg praised the sprinkler system, saying it’s the “best fire safety device there is.” One sprinkler head was able to contain the entire fire, he noted. The Apartments at Mulberry Corners is a Housing Development Corporation building that contains 25 apartments for seniors ages 62 and older.