A kitchen fire sent smoke and residents streaming out of the Mendenhall Tower Apartments on Thursday morning, Capital City Fire/Rescue officials said on the scene. At 10:57 a.m. Thursday, Fire Marshal Dan Jager said, a call came in reporting that a fire had broken out in an apartment on the third floor of the apartments and that smoke was visible from the outside of the building.… Continue Reading »
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Fairbanks, AK – Fire inside fire department headquarters garage controlled by sprinkler system
A fire ignited inside the Fairbanks Fire Department headquarters over the weekend. FFD says the engine compartment of a light duty SUV, which is used by the Battalion Chief, caught fire while sitting inside the garage bay. The fire station’s sprinkler system activated, keeping the blaze under control until an available fire engine could respond from Station 3, the Aurora station.… Continue Reading »
Anchorage, AK – Suspicious fire at elementary school contained with help from sprinkler system
Juneau, AK – Sprinkler knocks down arson fire in hospital waiting room bathroom
Juneau, AK – Arson fire in high school bathroom extinguished by sprinkler system
Dillingham, AK – Sprinkler system credited with containing fire at University of Alaska-Fairbanks
An early morning alarm called Dillingham’s Volunteer Fire Department to the UAF Bristol Bay Applied Sciences Building Thursday. The building, across the street from the main campus, is known by most as the Old Napa Building. Fire Chief Norman Heyano credited the sprinkler system with containing the fire, which crews helped extinguish.… Continue Reading »
