Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Sprinkler system helps save retirement home from fire, no injuries (Kennewick, WA) November 3, 2014 viking210 Several local fire crews were called to the Hawthorne Court retirement home at about 7 p.m. Sunday night due to a fire in the J wing of the facility. When crews arrived, there was black smoke coming from the building, but the building’s sprinkler system held the fire in check until firefighters could put it out. The fire may have started near a wall mounted air conditioning unit.
Apartment Building, Residential Early morning apartment fire put out by sprinkler system (Sioux Falls, SD) November 3, 2014 viking210 Sioux Falls Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire at this three-story business and apartment building in downtown Sioux Falls around 4:30 a.m. Sunday. Firefighters said the fire started in a kitchen on the third floor apartment, but the sprinkler system quickly kicked in and put out the fire, containing the small amount of damage to the one apartment kitchen. All of the tenants were able to safely exit the building.
Apartment Building, Residential Single sprinkler saves blind man in high-rise apartment fire (St. Paul, MN) November 2, 2014 viking210 A stove top fire, which consumed the cabinet and crawled up the wall of a blind St. Paul man’s apartment, was extinguished by a single fire sprinkler. The man said he had accidentally left a plastic tray touching the burner and left the room while he was cooking a late lunch, according to a St. Paul Fire Department release. Firefighters responded to the blaze shortly after 3 p.m. on Oct. 30. The fire was in a high-rise apartment building at 1300 Wilson Avenue, owned by St. Paul’s Public Housing Agency. The fire department said the incident demonstrates the extreme effectiveness of sprinklers in putting out fires.
Residential, Sorority / Fraternity Sprinkler system saves sorority house from further damage (Greencastle, IN) November 2, 2014 viking210 Delta Gamma sorority suffers fire during break: On Thursday Oct. 23, Facilities Management was doing routine maintenance work when the air conditioning unit in a room when it caught fire. The cause for the fire has yet to be determined.
Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential, School / University Sprinkler puts out residence hall fire at Texas Woman’s University (Denton, TX) October 31, 2014 viking210 A small fire in the Stark Hall residence tower on the Denton campus of Texas Woman’s University caused an evacuation Sunday night, according to a news release issued by the university. The small fire occurred in the basement laundry room and sent smoke through several floors of the building. The sprinkler system in the laundry room extinguished the fire within minutes, according to the news release. There were no injuries reported and no damage to the structure other than the laundry room.
Residential, Single Family Home Sprinklers limit spread of garage fire to single-family home, no injuries (Fontanta, CA) October 30, 2014 viking210 No injuries were reported in the blaze, which was reported at 12:25 p.m. in the 7300 block of Kamloops Avenue. The fire apparently started at an exterior fence, spread to the attached garage, and then jumped into a second story bedroom. All of the occupants of the house escaped safely. While inside, they had smelled smoke and went outside to discover the fire in the garage. The fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes, and the residence had a sprinkler system which helped protect the second story bedroom, the Fire Department said.
Apartment Building, Residential Fire at high-rise apartment building put out by sprinkler system (Roanoke, VA) October 30, 2014 viking210 Some residents in Melrose Towers in Roanoke are displaced after their homes sustained water damage in a small fire Monday afternoon. No one was hurt. The fire was reported at 1:50 p.m. Monday at Melrose Towers, which is in the 3000 block of Melrose Avenue. The fire started in an eighth-floor apartment. The fire was put out by the sprinkler system in the building.
Apartment Building, Residential Trash chute fire at apartment complex extinguished by sprinkler system (Portland, OR) October 30, 2014 viking210 A small fire in a garbage chute or trash room closed an apartment complex in the 1900 block of SW Morrison in front of Providence Park Sunday afternoon. The fire was put out by sprinklers. No one was injured.
Apartment Building, Residential Kitchen fire at apartment building controlled by sprinklers (Holyoke, MA) October 27, 2014 viking210 A sprinkler system in a Paper City apartment building did exactly what it was designed to do on Saturday after a resident left food to burn on a stove. The alarm sent firefighters to 164 Sargeant St. just after 1 p.m. Saturday. Upon arrival, firefighters saw no outward signs of fire but the 5-story apartment building’s alarm and sprinkler system were activated. An investigation determined that a tenant in an apartment left food on the stove unattended, causing the building’s fire suppression system to activate. No injuries were reported in the incident.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system keeps fire contained at four-story senior living complex (Woodbridge, VA) October 22, 2014 viking210 Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue responded to a fire in a four-story senior living apartment complex in Woodbridge, Va. Monday morning. There was smoke and fire on the first floor dining room area when crews got to the scene. Some of the furniture caught on fire and the smoke spread throughout the first floor and to the other floors above, the fire department said. The sprinkler system went off, which kept the fire from spreading while crews were able to put out the fire. Nobody was injured in the incident. Residents were able to evacuate the building safely.
