Category Archives: Other – Retail

Other - Retail, Retail

Sprinkler system assists firefighters, limits damage in fire at large auto repair facility (Fontana, CA)

Employees from the business next door to the blaze arrived at work at 5 a.m. and reported a fire visible from the shop, one of several businesses within a large metal building in the 14900 block of Ceres Avenue. The building sprinkler system had activated, helping keep the fire contained while crews forced entry.  No injuries were reported, and adjacent business were not damaged.

Other - Retail, Retail

Sprinklers make the difference in arson incident at jewelry store (Fresno, CA)

On Tuesday, June 3, a fire was intentionally set in the basement of a building that housed a jewelry store. Arriving firefighters found that three fires had been started and extinguished by the building’s fire sprinkler system; the gas line had also been cut. Fresno Fire Department Koby Johns said that it was very fortunate that the building was equipped with a fire sprinkler system. 

No injuries were reported.

Other - Retail, Retail

Sprinklers make the difference in fire at retail store (College Station, TX)

A mid-morning fire was reported in the storage room of a retail store on Thursday, May 7. Fire crews responded within a few minutes to the scene, and they found that the fire had been contained to a small area by the building’s fire sprinklers. The first responders were able to quickly put out the rest of the fire. No injuries were reported in the incident, and the cause of the College Station Fire Marshal’s office determined that the fire was caused by the failure of a control wire in the HVAC system.

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Sprinklers limit damage at tire distribution business (Chambersburg, PA)

No injuries occurred from a fire at a tire distribution facility on Saturday afternoon. An employee smelled smoke coming from a stack of tires that were placed floor to ceiling, and he called fire crews to the scene.

“The fire triggered the sprinkler system and did what it was designed to do,” Chambersburg Fire Department Captain Tim Ebersole said. He does not believe that work will be suspended at the business.

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Sprinklers extinguish fire at Goodwill donation center (Tomball, TX)

Shortly after midnight on March 4, firefighters were called to an automatic fire alarm at a local Goodwill Donation Center. When they arrived, they found light smoke coming from one of the center’s processing workstations and a single fire sprinkler activated. Upon reviewing the surveillance footage, they discovered that a fire had begun at the workstation, with the lone sprinkler activating and putting out the flames. The fire is being ruled as accidental, and no one was injured in the incident. According to reports, the property value saved from the fire is estimated at $1.2 million.

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Fire caused by unattended candle suppressed by sprinkler system (El Mirage, AZ)

A West Valley business was saved by its sprinkler system after the building caught fire early Sunday morning. Fire crews from several cities responded the fire at Party Rental near Thunderbird and El Mirage roads. Firefighters saw smoke coming from the building but the fire had mostly been extinguished by the sprinklers when they arrived on scene.”These people will be able to occupy their business Monday morning,” El Mirage Fire Chief Howard Munding said. “If there was a fire without a sprinkler, these people would be out of business.”A burning candle was identified as the cause of the fire.