An overnight fire has caused damage in a north Alabama courthouse, and leaders are trying to figure out what to do next. Local media reports that Moulton firefighters located the fire in a cubicle on the second floor after receiving an alarm. … Continue Reading »
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Terre Haute, IN – Arson fire at corrections facility contained by automatic sprinkler system
A man used a portable weed sprayer full of flammable liquid as he set fire inside multiple offices of the state parole office of Vigo County Community Correction early last Wednesday. Arson investigator Norm Loudermilk of the Terre Haute Fire Department said surveillance video shows the man – dressed in black and wearing a face mask – use a pry bar to open a locked public access door of the building and carry the container into the building.… Continue Reading »
Ponoka, AB, Canada – Fire in recycle bin at government building extinguished by sprinkler system
Farmers Branch, TX – Office fire on 9th floor of Federal Building extinguished by single sprinkler
*** FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED – NO MEDIA COVERAGE *** On the afternoon of September 13, 2017, the Farmers Branch Fire Department was dispatched to an automatic fire alarm at a 14-story Federal Building located at 4050 Alpha Rd. Upon arrival, smoke was showing on the ninth floor.… Continue Reading »
Riverside, CA – Arson fire at social services building contained by sprinkler system; No injuries reported
Wilkes-Barre, PA – Arson fire at Children and Youth Services Center extinguished by sprinkler system
The Luzerne County human services building on Pennsylvania Avenue was closed Monday after someone threw a “fire bomb” into an office, according to an email to county council members. In the email, council Chairwoman Linda McClosky Houck told fellow members she was informed Children and Youth Executive Director Joanne Van Saun’s office was the one targeted. … Continue Reading »
Media, PA – Sprinklers activate to help control car fire in courthouse’s underground parking garage
Wilmington, MA – Fire at public safety building doused by sprinkler system
Cleveland, OH – Sprinkler system contains overnight fire at government office
According to Cleveland fire officials, a computer on the fourth floor caught fire at Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District’s headquarters at 3900 Euclid Avenue just after midnight Monday. The sprinkler system was triggered and contained the fire to the desk where the computer was located near the middle of the building.… Continue Reading »
