Category Archives: College/University (on campus)
Salt Lake City, UT – Sprinklers douse fire in University of Utah chemistry lab
Durham, NH – Fire at University of New Hampshire contained with help from sprinklers
Miami, FL – Sprinkler system extinguishes overnight fire at art school
North Vancouver, BC, Canada – Suspected arson fire at Capilano University contained by sprinkler system
Piscataway, NJ – Arson fire at Rutgers University put out by sprinkler system
Providence, RI – Sprinklers activated properly during Brown University locker room fire
Albany, NY – Fire sprinkler activates to control fire at University of Albany
University police said a chair Room B-008 was found on fire but no other damage was reported. At 4:40 p.m., another chair in the same room was set on fire, causing the building’s sprinkler systems to activate, according to the advisory.
Fire at University of Illinois laboratory extinguished by sprinkler system (Champaign, IL)
Fire at Mississippi State University dormitory contained by sprinkler system (Starkville, MS)
Mississippi State University officials say repairs are beginning immediately on a women’s dormitory that was damaged by a Sunday night fire that appears to have been started by a candle burning in one of the rooms. The university said nobody was injured, but more than 150 students stayed elsewhere Sunday night after a fire began around 8 p.m. in one wing of Oak Hall, which opened in 2012. Local fire officials said the fire on the third story of the four-story building appears to have been caused by a candle burning in one of the rooms, and it was contained by sprinklers.