A fire at the New Bridge Learning Center will keep the Henrico Public Schools facility closed on Friday after a fire early Thursday. A Henrico fire official says the blaze in the 5900 block of East Nine Mile Road started just after 4 a.m.… Continue Reading »
Category Archives: Other – School / University
Greeley, CO – Off-campus apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries
State College, PA – Late night fire at off-campus student apartments halted by sprinkler system
Sprinkler system activates in off-campus apartment building fire (East Lansing, MI)
Sprinkler system extinguishes fire at Montessori School (Fremont, CA)
Students and staff at a Fremont Montessori school were unharmed after an oven caught fire Thursday afternoon, fire officials said. Arriving crews learned that the fire was already extinguished by the sprinkler system installed above the oven and that the 60 students and staff fled the school safely, according to Fremont Fire Department spokesman Daniel Cardenas.… Continue Reading »
Sprinklers make the difference in arson fire at learning center (Las Vegas, NV)
Justice was served regarding the fire that was intentionally set on April 15 at a learning center for children with autism. The person responsible for setting the fire with gasoline and Molotov cocktails was sentenced on Friday, November 1. Authorities say that the fire could have been much more catastrophic had it not been for the building’s fire sprinkler system, which helped eliminate the blaze.… Continue Reading »
Fire sprinklers prove worth in college apartment fire (Nashville, TN)
A fire which began in the kitchen of one of Vanderbilt University’s apartment units was quickly extinguished by the building’s fire sprinkler system on the afternoon of Saturday, October 6. The suspected cause of the fire was an unattended pan on a heated stove which then ignited.… Continue Reading »
