A fire Friday night in a building with large quantities of chemicals at the city of Elgin’s water treatment facility was likely caused by an electrical motor failure, Elgin fire officials said. The fire happened around 9 p.m. in a building at 375 W.… Continue Reading »
Category Archives: Storage / Warehouse
Mount Prospect, IL – Sprinkler system contains fire in industrial building
Everett, WA – Plastic fire in warehouse knocked down by sprinkler system
Hamilton, ON, Canada – Sprinkler system helps limit damage, saves structure in food warehouse fire
Medford, OR – Warehouse fire controlled by sprinkler system; Fire kept small minimizing damage
A well maintained sprinkler system helps keeps warehouse fire small in Medford last Thursday. At 7:53 p.m. Medford Fire-Rescue responded to a an alarm sounding on the 500 block of S. Front Street. When firefighters arrived they found a warehouse with the smell of smoke and the fire sprinklers were on. … Continue Reading »
Waterbury, VT – Warehouse fire is kept from spreading by automatic sprinkler system
Officials are investigating what sparked a warehouse fire in Waterbury. Waterbury Fire Chief Gary Dillon said crews were called to 35 Foundry Street just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Dillon said the fire started on the outside of the warehouse, and eventually spread to the inside of the building. … Continue Reading »
Phoenix, AZ – Sprinkler system helps extinguish warehouse fire before crews arrive
Pleasantville, NJ – Warehouse fire contained by sprinkler system; Firefighters finish the job
Firefighters extinguished a fire Saturday in a commercial building in the 700 block of West Delilah Road. Firefighters were dispatched to the ABC Supply Co. for a report of activated fire and water flow alarms at 4:10 p.m. Fire crews smelled smoke, forced a door and found heavy smoke in the warehouse, Battalion Chief Scott Trythall said, and found materials inside the warehouse on fire. … Continue Reading »
Edwardsville, IL – Sprinkler system assists firefighters in controlling warehouse storage fire
The Edwardsville Fire Department spent five hours attacking a fire and its aftermath at a redistribution center located near I-255 Wednesday afternoon. Fire Chief Rick Welle said the call came to the station from the D.B. Schanker redistribution center, located at 3049 Westway Drive, at around 2:18 p.m.… Continue Reading »
