Dry Cleaner, Retail Nashua, NH – Fire caused by spontaneous combustion held in check by sprinkler system May 31, 2015 viking210 Leave a comment 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 … Continue Reading ››
Dry Cleaner, Retail Sprinkler system helps to save commercial laundry business from early morning fire (Grand Junction, CO) December 26, 2013 viking210 Leave a comment 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.Continue Reading ››
Dry Cleaner, Retail Damage minimized at cleaning business thanks to fire sprinkler system (Billings, MT) September 14, 2013 viking210 Leave a comment A fire which began in a cleaning business the evening of September 12 when rags and clothing that were placed in a laundry basket spontaneously combusted. Fire crews arrived and saw fire through … Continue Reading ››
Dry Cleaner, Retail Fire sprinkler system helps contain blaze at dry cleaner (Pleasanton, CA) August 2, 2013 viking210 Leave a comment 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 … Continue Reading ››
Dry Cleaner, Retail Fire at dry cleaning business controlled by sprinkler systems (Townsend, MA) May 3, 2013 viking210 Leave a comment Automatic sprinklers helped control a fire at Champion Cleaners in the Central Plaza Mall on Tuesday about 4:30 a.m. "The sprinkler system actually kept the fire in check," Fire Chief Donald … Continue Reading ››
Apartment Building, Dry Cleaner, Residential, Retail Two structural fires are controlled by fire sprinklers (McKinney, TX) March 18, 2013 viking210 Leave a comment 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 … Continue Reading ››
Dry Cleaner, Retail Fire at dry cleaners contained by sprinkler system (Jackson, WY) October 15, 2012 viking210 Leave a comment 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 … Continue Reading ››
Dry Cleaner, Retail Laundry room fire at large production facility contained by sprinkler system (St. Cloud, MN) August 27, 2012 viking210 Leave a comment About 10 bags of dirty laundry caught fire in a laundry room and set off the building’s sprinkler system, according to a St. Cloud Fire Department report. The sprinkler system doused a large portion … Continue Reading ››
Dry Cleaner, Retail Sprinklers extinguish fire at dry cleaners (Shreveport, LA) June 27, 2012 viking210 Leave a comment An early morning fire at a cleaners was extinguished by the building's sprinkler system before firefighters arrived. Fire officials say something fell and caught fire near the back door.
