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Other - Residential, Residential

Gasden, AL – Sprinkler system helps put out kitchen fire at group home; No injuries reported

May 26, 2020 viking210 Leave a comment

A bad situation Saturday morning could have been a tragic one, according to Rainbow City firefighters, when a kitchen fire started in a group home.

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Macon, GA – Sprinkler system helps contain fire at Home for Children and Youth; No injuries reported

March 2, 2020 viking210 Leave a comment

The Methodist Home for Children and Youth says they're thankful after Macon-Bibb firefighters put out fire near one of their buildings Saturday night.

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Grand Forks, ND – Kitchen fire put out by fire sprinklers at group home; No injuries reported

December 23, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

Six people have been forced out of their homes after a kitchen fire broke out in a Grand Forks REM house, how long is uncertain.

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Fall River, MA – Sprinkler system suppresses fire caused by careless disposal of cigarette; No injuries reported

November 14, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

A smouldering cigarette discarded in a plastic trash can is the apparent cause of a Monday afternoon fire that briefly stalled the Fall River Veterans Day parade.

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Chesapeake, VA – Sprinkler system controls kitchen fire; No injuries reported

November 12, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

A kitchen fire has forced two people out of their home in the 1900 block of Robert Hall Boulevard Monday night.

The call came in at 7:46 p.m.

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Wilmington, NC – Third floor balcony fire controlled by fire sprinkler; No injuries reported

August 19, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

Fire officials believe “improperly discarded smoking material” is to blame for a fire that damaged a multi- family home Sunday.

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Bloomfield Hills, MI – Fire sprinkler systems controls fire in attic until crews arrived; No injuries reported

August 1, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

For the second time in just a few months, a fire broke out at the historical Manresa Jesuit Retreat House early July 31, according to police.

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Spring Valley, CA – Sprinkler system puts out house fire ignited by lamp; No injuries reported

July 9, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

Firefighters responding to a house fire in Spring Valley Friday morning came across two guinea pigs swimming for their lives as a sprinkler system doused the flames.

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Visalia, CA – Dryer fire at homeless shelter stopped by fire sprinkler activation; No injuries reported

June 7, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

Visalia's largest homeless shelter had a close call after a industrial-sized dryer caught fire early Tuesday morning, according to Visalia Fire Department.

Thankfully the damage was minimal but Visalia … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

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Port Angeles, WA – Sprinkler system kept arson fire under control in multi-family home

April 3, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

Port Angeles police officers have arrested a woman for investigation of felony arson in the fourplex fire at Serenity House of Clallam County’s Evergreen Family Village that left three families homeless.

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Reporting on lives and property saved by fire sprinklers