Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Marlborough, MA – Fire at Marriott Courtyard halted by sprinkler system September 29, 2015 viking210 The Marriott Courtyard hotel on 75 Felton St. suffered heavy water damage Sunday after a dryer fire set off the sprinkler alarm system, said Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Gogan. According to Gogan, firefighters responded to the alarm at 2:11 p.m. and had cleared the scene by 3:30 p.m. A small fire began suddenly in the back of a dryer, and the resulting smoke set off the hotel’s sprinkler system. “The fire was held in check by the sprinkler system,” Gogan said. “There was minimal smoke and fire damage but significant water damage to the basement of the hotel.” There are currently no cost estimates on the damage.
Other - Retail, Retail Buford, GA – Sprinklers contain fire at muffler shop; Spark from metal saw ignited fuel vapors September 27, 2015 viking210 A fire sparked by a metal-cutting tool damaged a Buford-area muffler shop Thursday afternoon, according to Gwinnett Fire. No injuries were reported. Firefighters responded to the shop located at 803 West Shadburn Ferry Road at 2:51 p.m. after an employee called to report the blaze, the fire department said in a news release. Gwinnett Fire Capt. Tommy Rutledge said the caller reported a car elevated on a mechanical lift had caught on fire. The blaze was held in check by the fire sprinkler system, but sent heavy smoke billowing from the building. “Several employees were inside the business at the time and were working on the vehicle when the fire started,” Rutledge said in the news release. “The fire appears accidental and was caused by a spark from a saw that was being used to cut metal. The spark ignited nearby fuel vapors.” The vehicle was heavily damaged. Extensive heat and smoke were sent throughout the mechanic bay. The fire was under control at 3:21 p.m., Rutledge said.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Auburn, IN – Fire in paint booth at Cooper-Standard Automotive contained by sprinkler system September 26, 2015 viking210 Firefighters climb one of the Auburn Fire Department’s aerial ladders to reach the roof at Cooper-Standard Automotive, 207 S. West St., after a fire was reported at 3:05 p.m. Wednesday in a paint booth at the factory. The building’s sprinkler system activated, containing the fire, and firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze using hoses, Auburn Fire Chief Mike VanZile said. All Cooper employees were evacuated from the plant and accounted for, he added. Firefighters declared the situation under control at 3:20 p.m. Garrett firefighters assisted at the scene.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Bowling Green, KY – Fire at automotive manufacturer activates sprinkler system; No injuries reported September 26, 2015 viking210 Firefighters lined the front of NASCO on Nashville Road in Bowling Green Thursday at noon. NASCO said metal dust particles from a worker welding ear the roof line and ventilation fans ignited, setting off the sprinkler system and forcing them to evacuate the building. The Bowling Green Fire Department responded with multiple trucks including a ladder truck. Crews used extinguishers to check the scene for hot spots. NASCO said only a few sprinklers went off during the incident and no one was hurt.
Apartment Building, Residential Chester, VA – Sprinkler system keeps apartment fire from spreading; Fire caused by clothes dryer motor malfunction September 25, 2015 viking210 A fire Wednesday evening at an apartment complex in the Enon area of Chesterfield County has displaced three residents. The Chesterfield County Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded at 5:37 p.m. to the 2300 block of Golden Garden Circle for a dryer on fire inside of an apartment, according to officials. Fire crews arrived to find a small amount of fire inside of the dryer. The fire sprinkler system had activated and extinguished the bulk of the fire, stopping it from spreading throughout the apartment. It took crews approximately 20 minutes to get the fire under control, according to a release. The fire started as a result of the dryer motor malfunctioning during operation. Two adults and one child were displaced and are being assisted by apartment management.
Other / Not Specified, Other Business Cumberland, RI – Sprinkler system extinguishes fire at business caused by charged batteries September 21, 2015 viking210 Charged batteries shipped to a company that refurbishes electronic equipment “heated up to ignition temperature” and started a fire in the Cadillac Mills complex Thursday, Cumberland Fire Chief Kenneth A. Finlay said. The fire, at Aztek Technologies, 30 Meeting St., Cumberland, was extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system before firefighters arrived, Finlay said. Firefighters were called to the mill, which has entrances on Meeting Street and Titus Street, at 5:16 p.m. Thursday. They found only smoke, water and a 24- by 36- by 18-inch cardboard box of batteries where the fire apparently started. Some of the company’s product near the box of batteries had been damaged, he said. Usually the company receives shipments of batteries that haven’t been charged, but the box contained live batteries, which Finlay attributed to a packing error. Employees of the many businesses in the mill complex evacuated when the alarm sounded, including 10 from Texcel Industries, which makes military and camouflage webbing. No one was injured. The building sustains some water damage because firefighters had trouble turning off the sprinkler system, Finlay said. Firefighters from the Saylesville fire company in Lincoln assisted with a ladder truck.
Residential, Single Family Home Chapel Hill, NC – Home cooking-related fire put out by sprinkler system September 17, 2015 viking210 1 Comment A sprinkler system extinguished a cooking-related fire Tuesday at a home in the Southern Village Neighborhood in Chapel Hill. Just before 1 p.m., Chapel Hill fire received a call from an alarm monitoring company reporting a fire at 500 Market Street. Six trucks responded to the call as a sprinkler system was able to put the fire out. Responding fire fighters worked to ensure the fire was out. Chapel Hill fire officials said the cause of the fire was cooking related. No one was injured in the incident.
Apartment Building, Residential Rockford, IL – Apartment kitchen fire contained by sprinkler system; No injuries September 16, 2015 viking210 A grease fire before 4:30 p.m. Saturday broke out at the Zion Development apartment complex, 1055 E. State St., a Rockford Fire Department incident report said. Rockford Fire Department firefighters found fire in the kitchen of a fifth-floor apartment contained by the building sprinkler system. Occupants of damaged apartments were relocated to other areas of the apartment building. Rockford fire investigators listed the fire as accidental. No injuries were reported. Twenty-one firefighters participated in the fire response and cleanup activities.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Beaufort, SC – Fire at Hilton Garden Inn extinguished by sprinkler system September 15, 2015 viking210 A fire at Hilton Garden Inn on Thursday was extinguished by the hotel’s sprinkler system by the time firefighters arrived, according to a news release. Firefighters responded to the fire about 4:30 p.m. and found all of the hotel’s tenants evacuated to the parking lot. A room on the third floor caught fire before the sprinklers doused the flames. All 115 hotel rooms were occupied at the time of the fire, the release said, The full house was related to Friday’s graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. “The hotel was filled with Marine recruit families and friends, and they all got out fine,” Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Chief Sammy Negron said in the release. “It was a good ending to a potentially very bad situation.” Tenants in 47 rooms had to be relocated until the rooms affected by the sprinkler system could be cleared for use, Negron said.
Apartment Building, Residential Fairbanks, AK – Sprinkler system contains cooking fire at downtown apartment building September 10, 2015 viking210 A sprinkler system contained a small cooking fire in a downtown Fairbanks apartment building Tuesday evening. The fire broke out about 5:30 p.m. in an apartment on the third floor of the Golden Towers building, said Assistant Fire Chief Ernie Misewicz with the Fairbanks fire department. The automatic sprinkler extinguished the fire. “Nobody was displaced and damage was kept to a minimum,” he said.
