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Conway, AR – Fire sprinklers contain fire at recycling center; No injuries reported

No one was injured in a commercial structure fire that was reported at JSI Metal Recycling in Conway on Wednesday morning.

The Conway Fire Department was called out at 8:46 a.m. Monday regarding a fire inside the recycling center and was on scene in less than one minute, Fire Chief Mike Winter said.

An object inside the building had caught fire, and the building’s sprinkler system had the fire contained when the fire department arrived on scene, Winter said.

The Conway fire chief confirmed Wednesday afternoon that no one was injured.

Altogether, six fire trucks and 14 firefighters and engineers responded to the scene. The fire was completely out by 9:34 a.m., Winter said.

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Plainfield, NJ – Fire contained thanks to fire sprinklers at waste facility; No injuries reported

Early Tuesday a fire was reported at the Plainfield Municipal Utilities Authority transfer station at 95 Rock Avenue. Breaking News Network reported that smoke was seen coming from a trailer structure and Union County hazmat teams were requested to assist in the investigation.  

According to the PMUA website, the Plainfield Environmental Resource Center (PERC) is the city-owned and PMUA-operated transfer station used to facilitate the proper disposal of all solid, recyclable, electronic, bulky and vegetative wastes collected from local residents, Plainfield’s Department of Public Works, private businesses and other municipalities. It is unknown what specific materials were contained in the trailer.

TAPinto Plainfield reached out to PMUA officials, and received this statement from Director Eric Jackson:

“Please be advised at approximately 12:40 pm we had a small fire at the Transfer Station in the Big House.  The Fire Department was immediately called. The sprinkler system did activate and contained the fire. There were no injuries and no customers involved.  The fire was inside the trailer in the big house. Under fire personnel supervision, the trailer was removed from the big house and was being examined for the cause of the fire.  The transfer station will remain closed until the fire department completes their work and the sprinkler system is re-set.”

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Fontana, CA – Sprinkler system helps contain large trash fire; No injuries reported

Large piles of trash inside a Burrtec trash facility in Fontana caught fire Wednesday, Jan. 1, and damaged the sprinkler system inside the building before firefighters extinguished it, fire officials say.

The sprinkler system helped contain the fire when it started, then San Bernardino County Fire Department firefighters arrived and began using heavy equipment to spread out the trash so the fire would stop, said fire Capt. Jeremy Kerns.

The fire started just after 6 p.m. in the West Valley Transfer Station on the 13000 block of Napa Street and was out within 45 minutes, Kerns said.

The only damage was to the sprinkler system, and no one was injured, he said.

Investigators are still determining the cause of the fire, he said.

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Oregon City, OR – Fire sprinkler systems keeps fire from spreading at recycling center; No injuries reported

While Canby and many other communities were gathering to honor, remember and celebrate our nation’s veterans, firefighters were responded to a two-alarm fire that broke out at the Metro South Transfer Station in Oregon City.

The fire was reportedly shortly after noon. The first crews on the scene reported a 400-square-foot area of garbage burning in Bay One of the facility, with approximately 15 employees and 20 customers being evacuated. No injuries were reported.

Hose lines were quickly deployed and the sprinkler system was supported to extinguish the fire and keep it from spreading to the building. A second alarm was called due to the potential for fire spread, however the fire was brought under control in 40 minutes and the second alarm units were canceled.

The cause of this fire is undetermined, according to Clackamas Fire.

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Longwood, FL – Fire sprinkler keeps trash fire at recycling center in check until firefighters arrived

Several fire departments responded to a fire at Seminole County’s Central Transfer Station early Thursday morning.

Firefighters from Longwood Fire Department, Sanford Fire Department, Lake Mary Fire Rescue and Seminole County Fire Department responded to the fire at 1950 SR 419 just before 3:00 a.m.

A spokesperson for the Seminole County Fire Department said the person who called 911 and reported the fire said the flames could be seen shooting into the air.

“Our units arrived on scene and they could see heavy smoke and a glow in the building,” said Paula Thompson, the public information officer for the Seminole County Fire Department. “Once they made entry they realized they had a trash fire and it appears a sprinkler did keep it in check until our units arrived to extinguish it.”

Crews used front loaders to pull apart the smoldering trash in order to completely extinguish the flames. The center was scheduled to open on-time Thursday morning.

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Seminole County, FL – Fire in pile of trash contained by sprinkler system

Firefighters from multiple Seminole County agencies united in response to a flaming pile of trash at the Seminole County Central Transfer Station early Thursday, according to a report by WOFL.

Firefighters learned about the flames at the Transfer Station at 2:42 a.m., according to Seminole County Fire Department.

Crews from the Longwood, Sanford, Lake Mary and Seminole County fire departments responded to the incident at 1950 State Road 419, WOFL reported.

Crews arrived on scene to find heavy smoke coming from a pile of trash caught on fire.

Firefighters had to pull apart the trash, which was smoldering, to fully extinguish it, said WOFL reporter Sydney Cameron.

Crew members were able to douse the fire with help from the activated sprinkler system.

The fire was put out, and the transfer station was scheduled to reopen at 6:30 a.m.

The cause of the fire is unknown.

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Coteau-du-Lac, QC, Canada – (No media coverage) Fire in recycling bay contained to bay by fire sprinkler system, saving building structure

On the morning of July 2nd 2019 a fire ignited in a recycling bay at CRI Environment Inc. located at 75 du Progrès in Côteau du Lac, Quebec and when the firefighters arrived at 9:00AM the fire was contained in the bay of origin by the activation of multiples sprinkler heads and was finally put out manually soon after. A total of 21 large orifice upright sprinklers fed by a dry pipe system activated and saved the building structure according to the staff.

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Onalaska, WI – Sprinkler system subdues fire that broke out inside shredder hopper; No injuries reported

Nobody was injured in a fire Monday at the Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations in rural Onalaska.

A fire broke out inside the shredder hopper about 8:30 a.m. at the company’s processing facility, N5550 Dynamic Way, according to a company spokesperson. The building was evacuated.

The company’s sprinkler system subdued the fire, and firefighters were able to contain it to the shredder hopper. There was no structural damage to the building. Firefighters from La Crosse, West Salem, the towns of Campbell and Farmington, and Brice Prairie first responders assisted at the scene.

The company, which has been in business since 2007, is an electronics recycler.

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Kent, WA – Fire held in check at paper recycling plant by fire sprinkler system

An automatic sprinkler system activated and held a fire in check Thursday morning at a Kent paper and cardboard recycling plant.

At 8:32 a.m. employees at IP Recycling, 1225 Sixth Ave. N., noticed fire in a paper bailer and immediately began to soak down the machine, according to a Puget Sound Fire news release.

As the fire grew, the automatic sprinkler system activated and held the fire in check. With the smoke growing in the warehouse the employees called 911 and evacuated the structure.

Puget Sound Engine 71 arrived to find smoke coming out of the main roll up door and so pulled hose lines and began to extinguish the fire. Puget Sound Ladder 74 went to the roof to make sure there was no damage above the fire.

Tukwila Fire and other Puget Sound units arrived but were not needed as the fire was out and contained to the bailer area.

The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.

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Battle Creek, MI – Sprinkler system keeps fire at recycling plant from spreading; No injuries reported

Nobody was injured in a fire at a recycling plant in Battle Creek this morning.

The Battle Creek Fire Department responded at 4:35 a.m. Friday, May 24, to ReConserve of Michigan, located at 170 Angell St. Firefighters arriving at the site found a large pile of recycled material burning, according to a news release from the department.

Heat from the recycling process likely ignited other recycled materials, the release said.

The building’s sprinkler system kept the fire from spreading. When firefighters arrived, they were able to extinguish the burning material, the release said.

The extent of the damage was minimal, according to the fire department.