Category Archives: Other – Retail

Other - Retail, Retail

Sprinkler helps to control arson fire at popular retail & entertainment venue (Las Vegas, NV)

January 25, 2014 viking210

A man was arrested and charged with first degree arson after allegedly setting fire to the loading dock, recycle area that services Neonopolis on the Fremont Street Experience Thursday morning. Fire dispatchers received the call at 3:09 a.m. Thursday that trash and a dumpster was on fire at the loading dock area for Neonopolis, which is a shopping mall and entertainment complex in Las Vegas, located on top of a $15 million city parking garage. After the fire started, a fire sprinkler activated and kept the fire under control until firefighters arrived on scene and put the fire completely out. Damage was confined to the dumpster area.

Other - Retail, Retail

Fire at furniture repair shop controlled by sprinkler system (New Bedford, MA)

December 10, 2013 viking210

Stray sparks from the finishing booth of a furniture repair shop ignited a large fire on Sunday afternoon. Seven of the building’s fire sprinklers were individually activated from the heat of the fire which helped to contain the fire until firefighters arrived. There were no injuries reported.

Other - Retail, Retail

Fire at commercial business nearly put out by sprinkler system (Nazareth, PA)

December 3, 2013 viking210

Fire sprinklers activated at Bangor Cork, a commercial retail business, on November 29 when a fire broke out at about 8 a.m. The sprinkler system extinguished almost the entire fire with the fire declared out about 10 minutes after the initial notification of the fire.

Other - Retail, Retail

Thrift store fire put out by sprinkler system (St. Cloud, MN)

November 25, 2013 viking210

The cause of a fire at a St. Cloud thrift shop is under investigation. The blaze started about 5 p.m. … The fire started in the merchandise storage area, said Greg Newinski, battalion chief at the St. Cloud Fire Department. The sprinkler system put it out. The damage to the store is estimated to be about $10,000; the merchandise, about $5,000, although that number could be significantly higher.

Other - Retail, Retail

Fire eliminated by sprinklers at retail plaza (Airdrie, AB)

November 25, 2013 viking210

A fire sprinkler system, which activated at a retail plaza which houses multiple businesses, extinguished a fire that occurred in the plaza’s utility control room. The fire crews found that the fire which had been burning but was the eliminated by the sprinkler system. No injuries were reported and the businesses in the plaza were not affected. “This was an instance of the way the building is engineered, with alarms and fire sprinkler system, doing what it is supposed to do,” said AFD Deputy Chief Garth Rabel. The cause of the fire is being investigated, but preliminary reports show that it is “suspicious in nature.”

Other - Retail, Retail

Sprinkler system aids firefighters at fire in Toys R Us (Paramus, NJ)

November 13, 2013 viking210

A fire occurred overnight at a Toys R Us retail location on November 12. The cause of the fire, which began in a second-floor stockroom, was confined to that area by the store’s fire sprinkler system.

“The store’s automatic fire sprinkler system kept the fire contained,” Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said.

Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire within a half hour, and all of the store’s employees were able to evacuate the premises safely. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Other - Retail, Retail

Sprinklers help to control fire at Harris Teeter store (Wilmington, NC)

October 27, 2013 viking210

The Wilmington Fire Department says sprinklers helped crews quickly controlled the fire at the store at 820 S. College Rd. A WFD spokesman says the fire started with welding on the roof. No one was hurt.

Other - Retail, Retail

Tanning salon fire doused by sprinkler system (Amherst, MA)

October 27, 2013 viking210

An early Saturday morning fire in a University Drive tanning salon was put out by an automatic sprinkler system before firefighters arrived on scene. Assistant Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren said no one was in the business when the fire started. An automatic alarm sounded at 1:37 a.m. Saturday alerting the Fire Dept. But, by the time fire apparatus arrived at the salon, the automatic sprinkler system put out the flames in a small utility room.

Other - Retail, Retail

Damage minimized in parking garage thanks to fire sprinkler system (San Diego, CA)

October 16, 2013 viking210 1 Comment

A BMW caught fire in a parking garage structure underneath several restaurants on the morning of Monday, October 13. By the time firefighters arrived, most of the fire had been put out by the parking structure’s fire sprinkler system, and the damage was limited to the automobile. No injuries were reported in the incident.

Other - Retail, Retail

Sprinkler puts out fire at retail business (Cerritos, CA)

October 6, 2013 viking210

Firefighters arrived to a retail establishment at about 11 p.m. on October 2 after receiving a waterflow alarm from the business. The fire that began in some packaging materials had already been extinguished by the business’ fire sprinkler system by the time the fire crews arrived, and no one was injured.

*** Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by the Press-Telegram and City News Service, who focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system ***

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