Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential Bloomington, IL – Residence hall fire at Illinois Wesleyan University contained by sprinkler system; 135 student residents safe April 20, 2015 viking210 No one was injured when a fire broke out Friday night in a residence hall on the Illinois Wesleyan University campus. An automatic sprinkler kept the fire at bay until firefighters extinguished it. Students were evacuated from upper-level rooms in Gulick Hall, 109 University St., but were allowed to return about 10:30 p.m., said IWU spokesman Matt Kurz. A faulty office copier is blamed for the blaze that caused an estimated $50,000 in damage. The Bloomington Fire Department reported damage to the building and contents with smoke and water damage throughout the first floor and offices of Residential Life. The building’s design prevented much smoke from entering the living areas, Deputy Chief Les Siron said. Smoke was so heavy when firefighters arrived about 9 p.m. that they had to use a thermal imaging camera to find the fire, Siron said. The fire was reported via an automatic alarm. Gulick is a first-year hall with capacity for 135 residents, Kurz said.
Apartment Building, Residential New Braunfels, TX – Sprinklers assist in extinguishing apartment blaze; No injuries reported April 20, 2015 viking210 New Braunfels Firefighters were called out to the Ranch at the Guadalupe at 1355 Ranch Parkway for a fire last Tuesday afternoon. Crews were dispatched at 3pm. for a fire alarm. When they arrived on scene, officials say there was smoke showing from a 3rd floor apartment, but that a fire-sprinkler system had activated. A microwave is being blamed for starting the fire in the kitchen. Fire crews finished extinguishing the blaze, and called the fire under control at 3:21pm..
Other - Residential, Residential Framingham, MA – Cooking fire in rooming house contained by single sprinkler April 19, 2015 viking210 Damage from a fire in a 12-unit rooming house in Framingham Wednesday was minimized due to sprinklers, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Framingham Fire Chief. A cooking fire occurred in a 12-unit rooming house at 260 Union Avenue in Framingham, just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15. Fortunately, the building is equipped with residential sprinklers and a single sprinkler head contained the fire, said Framingham Fire Chief Gary Daughtery. “Fire sprinklers minimized the damage to the building, used less water to control the fire than we would have, and minimized the time these residents were displaced from their home,” said Daughtery. The resident panicked and instead of putting a lid on the pan tried to put the grease fire out with water, which quickly spread the fire onto the counter and cabinets, according to the state’s fire marshal’s office. The 12 occupants were temporarily displaced while, repairs were made to the kitchen and will be moving back home today, April 16, said a release from the state fire marshal’s office. Damage was confined to a small area around the stove and no one was injured in the fire. “Residential fire sprinklers are the future of fire,“ said Daughtery. “They keep fires smaller and cooler so they are less dangerous for both the people inside the home and responding firefighters.”
Apartment Building, Residential New Haven, CT – Sprinklers contain ‘potential disaster’ fire at apartment building April 17, 2015 viking210 Sprinklers likely kept a kitchen fire in a second-floor unit from spreading throughout the Bella Vista Apartments Thursday morning. Several fire trucks converged shortly before 9:30 a.m. on 315 Eastern St., Building D. The fire was contained in the kitchen by the sprinklers. Crews arrived and checked on whether the fire had spread, and left a short time later. “It turned a potential disaster into a minor incident,” Battalion Chief William Gould said at the scene. Gould said no injuries were reported.
Residential, Townhouse / Condominium Hugo, MN – Sprinklers credited with containing fire to one room of townhome April 16, 2015 viking210 No one was injured after a fire broke out at a group of townhomes in Hugo on Thursday morning. The fire was reported at 4625 Victor Path when a woman awakened to the smell of smoke and called the fire department. Crews from Hugo, White Bear Lake and Forest Lake all responded. Firefighters say the fire started on the deck and moved into the unit. A sprinkler system is credited with confining the fire to one room of the house, which was the main living room. No other units were damaged. The woman was the only person home at the time and escaped uninjured.
Apartment Building, Residential Roanoke, VA – Sprinkler helps contain afternoon apartment fire April 16, 2015 viking210 One person has been displaced following an apartment building fire Wednesday afternoon in Roanoke County. Firefighters arrived around 1:30 p.m. to a six-story apartment building in the 5300 block of Hawthorne Road in Hollins, said Fire & Rescue spokeswoman Jennifer Conley Sexton. An overhead sprinkler system extinguished most of the fire in a kitchen on the fourth floor before crews from North County, Hollins and Roanoke arrived, Sexton said.
Nursing Home/Senior Living Bar Harbor, ME – Sprinklers douse fire at low-income and senior housing facility April 15, 2015 viking210 Smoke coming from a window of an apartment at Harbor Hill Estate on Highbrook Road drew a quick response from firefighters just after 1 p.m. Firefighters tapped into a hydrant on Route 3 and ran the line across the road, while police detoured traffic through College of the Atlantic for the better part of an hour. The fire was doused by the apartment’s automatic sprinkler system as firefighters arrived. The smoke-filled apartment was ventilated. No one was home at the time of the fire, according to reports. As of 3 p.m., Fire Chief Matt Bartlett remained on scene investigating the cause. Harbor Hill Estate is a low-income and senior housing facility.
Apartment Building, Residential Ashburn, VA – Overnight apartment fire on balcony held in check by sprinkler system April 13, 2015 viking210 A fire injured one today and caused $500 in damage after improperly discarded smoking materials started the blaze about 2:20 a.m. at an Ashburn apartment in the 44000 block of Whitford Square. Loudoun Fire and Rescue officials said the blaze could have been worse – a sprinkler system on the apartment’s third-floor balcony kept the flames in check. Fire and rescue units from Ashburn, Moorefield, Sterling, Kincora and Fairfax County responded to the call and ensured the remaining fire was out. They also checked the apartment and neighboring homes to make sure there was no remaining fire. One adult resident at the apartment suffered a minor burn injury and was taken to a local hospital for further treatment. There were no public safety personnel injured. Loudoun Fire and Rescue officials say today’s blaze was one of many firefighters have responded to due to improperly discarded smoking materials. Smoking, they said, is the No.1 cause of home fire deaths in the United States.
Apartment Building, Residential Dale City, VA – Sprinkler system contains apartment fire to one unit April 13, 2015 viking210 A sprinkler system kept a fire that broke out in a Dale City apartment Thursday from spreading to other units in the complex, according to the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue. At about 2:30 p.m., dispatchers received a call about a fire alarm sounding at the Orchard Mills apartment complex in the 15100 block of Bannon Way in Dale City, the fire department said. Fire and rescue crews responded and discovered the fire in a closet in one of the apartments; it had been contained by the sprinkler system. Firefighters suppressed and extinguished the fire.
Apartment Building, Residential Saskatoon, SK, Canada – Sprinkler extinguishes apartment fire started by unattended candle April 10, 2015 viking210 According to the Saskatoon fire department, just before 2 a.m. fire dispatchers received numerous calls of a fire at 431 3rd Ave. North. Multiple people were found evacuating the multi-story building. Crews made their way to the 12th floor where they found a suite with fire damage. A sprinkler head had already been activated and extinguished the fire. An investigator has determined that an unattended candle was the cause of the fire.
An overhead sprinkler system extinguished most of the fire in a kitchen on the fourth floor before crews from North County, Hollins and Roanoke arrived, Sexton said.