Newark Fire Chief Pat Connor said the fire started in a dryer duct, spread to the attic and ultimately to the roof of the building on Jefferson Street. … Continue Reading »
Category Archives: Dry Cleaner
Nashua, NH – Fire caused by spontaneous combustion held in check by sprinkler system
An early morning fire inside an Industrial Park Drive building was caused by spontaneous combustion of oily rags, according to fire officials. The single-alarm blaze, reported just after 1 a.m. Thursday, happened inside UniFirst Corp., 8 Industrial Park Drive, which is a uniform, maintenance and cleaning supply company.… Continue Reading »
Sprinkler system helps to save commercial laundry business from early morning fire (Grand Junction, CO)
Fire crews responded to a commercial laundry and linen service, about 1:10 a.m. and found an active fire inside a large bin containing clean rags and mop head, Battalion Chief John Williams said.
A fire sprinkler immediately adjacent to the burning bin activated, helping to keep the fire from spreading to other bins and pallets.… Continue Reading »
Damage minimized at cleaning business thanks to fire sprinkler system (Billings, MT)
Fire sprinkler system helps contain blaze at dry cleaner (Pleasanton, CA)
A dry-cleaning business at a strip mall caught fire Wednesday, but a sprinkler system inside the building kept the blaze from spreading and causing even more damage to the surrounding stores, a battalion chief said. The blaze began around 5:47 p.m. Fire crews saw heavy smoke coming from the business when they arrived, but the fire sprinklers inside the store were activated after clothes on the conveyor system caught fire, Neiman-Kimel said.… Continue Reading »
Fire at dry cleaning business controlled by sprinkler systems (Townsend, MA)
Two structural fires are controlled by fire sprinklers (McKinney, TX)
Two fires that occurred recently had two items in common — fire sprinklers were in place and minimal structural damage occurred. The first fire, which took place in an apartment kitchen, was contained by a single fire sprinkler. A dry cleaning store sustained the other fire after business hours, and two fire sprinklers helped to control the fire until fire crews came.… Continue Reading »
Fire at dry cleaners contained by sprinkler system (Jackson, WY)
A fiberglass cart filled with rags spontaneously combusted in one of the truck bays at dry cleaners. When firefighters reached the building, there wasn’t much of a fire. A few spots were still were smoldering, but the sprinklers had doused the truck bay pretty well, Fire Marshal Kathy Clay said.… Continue Reading »
