According to the fire department, smoke was in the building setting off the sprinkler system. (Blog Editor’s Note – Smoke cannot activate a sprinkler system. Only the substantial heat from a significant fire)
Category Archives: Hospital/Medical Clinic
Sprinkler system prevents major damage at vision center (Washington, MO)
Fortunately for the fire crews, the sprinkler system had knocked down much of the fire. Skornia said the fire was smoldering and Washington crews were able to quickly extinguish the problem. Crews then shut down the sprinkler system to prevent further water damage. Once everything was under control, Franklin County Arson Investigator Jim Schuhmacher investigated the situation. Skornia said Schuhmacher found nothing suspicious about the fire. Skornia said it’s believed the fire started in the wiring of a fan. The fan was in an equipment closest, malfunctioned, and caught fire. There were no injuries reported.
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Sprinkler system puts out fire at hospital (San Bernadino, CA)
Fire investigators are still looking into the cause of a fire at a hospital on the afternoon of September 21. Fire sprinklers activated and completely extinguished the fire prior to the arrival of fire crews.
“Sprinkler systems, if they don’t extinguish fires, keep them in check,” Battalion Chief Alan Duggan said. “The sprinklers worked properly and the fire was extinguished prior to our crews’ arrival.”
The facility, which was evacuated, reported no injuries from the incident.