Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Moosic, PA – Laundry fire at assisted living facility contained with help from sprinkler system; No injuries reported January 21, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment Some residents had to be removed from an assisted living facility in Lackawanna County on a very cold night after a dryer caught fire. Fire crews were called to Oakwood Terrace in … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential White Bear Lake, MN – Electrical fire at senior apartment building contained by sprinkler system January 5, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment Ten seniors had to be evacuated from The Waters after an electrical cord apparently shorted in one resident's apartment the morning of Dec. 29. “It was the cord leading to an alarm … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Apartment Building, Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Blandon, PA – Sprinkler system activates in overnight fire at senior residential complex December 26, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment State Police at Reading investigated a fire around 11 p.m. Wednesday night at Keystone Villa that left multiple residents displaced. Crews found a smoke condition throughout one portion of the structure on … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Chattanooga, TN – Sprinkler system helps control fire at assisted living facility December 21, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment No one was injured when a laundry room at a Chattanooga assisted living facility caught fire Sunday. Just after noon, Chattanooga firefighters were called to The Lantern at Morning Pointe on … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Easton, MD – Sprinkler system controls fire at senior citizen apartment complex; No injuries reported November 27, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment The Maryland State Fire Marshal's office is crediting smoke alarms and a sprinkler system for saving 18 senior citizens during an apartment complex fire. According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal's office, around 12:15 … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Wilkes-Barre, PA – Overnight fire in senior living center extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries reported November 26, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment City Fire Chief Jay Delaney said Wednesday a commercial dryer fire forced the evacuation of 61 residents from a senior living facility on North Sherman Street late Tuesday. Residents returned to North Penn Manor … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Apartment Building, Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential, Residential High Rise Pittsburgh, PA – Fire chief credits sprinkler system in preventing worse situation in high rise senior apartment building fire November 23, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment The Pittsburgh fire chief credited a sprinkler system with likely preventing a worse situation for seniors evacuated by a fire Saturday at their high-rise apartment building in Hill District. “Thankfully, this 10-story building had … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Apartment Building, Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Plum, PA – Fire in senior apartment building contained by sprinkler system; No injuries reported November 5, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment Multiple fire departments responded to a stove top fire in a senior citizens apartment building in Plum shortly before noon on Sunday, according to authorities. Residents of the four-story building along the 600 block … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Apartment Building, Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Ferndale, MI – Fire in 68-unit apartment building for elderly, disabled, and low income residents extinguished by sprinkler system October 22, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment At about 8:30 pm last Monday night some residents of Withington West apartments were evacuated due to a fire that started in a fourth floor apartment. Withington West is a 68-unit property of the … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Spartanburg, SC – Cooking fire at senior living facility extinguished by sprinkler system October 4, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment A Spartanburg senior living facility was evacuated after a cooking fire spread smoke through the hallways. The fire happened shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday at Pacifica Senior Living on Skylyn Drive. Firefighters said the fire started … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
