Tag Archives: Alberta

Apartment Building, Residential

Medicine Hat, AB, Canada – Sprinkler system activated for fire at apartment complex; No injuries reported

September 14, 2021 viking210 Leave a comment

Update: The Medicine Hat Fire Service says residents residing at the Toronto Street Apartments have been taken to a local hotel, after their building sustained extensive water damage following a … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant

Airdrie, AB, Canada – Motel kitchen fire quickly extinguished by overhead sprinkler system; No Injuries reported

April 8, 2021 viking210 Leave a comment

The Airdrie Fire Department responded to a structure fire on April 4 after a pot containing cooking oil overheated and ignited on a stovetop at the Motel 6 in Airdrie.

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Apartment Building, Residential

Airdrie, Alberta, CA – Exterior residential fire sprinkler held deck fire in check at apartment complex

June 29, 2020 viking210 Leave a comment

The Airdrie Fire Department (AFD) responded to reports of an activated fire alarm in a Mackenzie Way apartment complex the morning of June 26.

According to an AFD press … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Retail, Shopping Mall

Calgary, Alberta, CA – Fire at strip mall contained thanks to sprinkler system; No injuries reported

June 10, 2020 viking210 Leave a comment

A fire has damaged a strip mall in the Airways industrial area in northeast Calgary.

Fire crews were called to the area on 30 Ave. NE around 4:20 Monday … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Apartment Building, Residential

Calgary, AB, Canada – Apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries reported

April 20, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

Just under two dozen residents of an apartment building in Bridgeland were forced out of their homes last Saturday afternoon after a fire broke out. Crews were called to the complex, in … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Adult Care/Rehab Center, Residential

Calgary, AB, Canada – Mattress fire at homeless shelter controlled by sprinkler system

March 31, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

Two hundred people were cleared out of a downtown Calgary homeless shelter after a mattress caught fire on Tuesday. Crews responded to a triggered alarm system in the Salvation Army’s Centre of … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Apartment Building, Residential

Grande Prairie, AB, Canada – Fire in apartment building contained to one suite by sprinkler system

January 24, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

A fire prompted an evacuation of Willow Place on Saturday evening but was contained to one apartment suite.

The Grande Prairie Fire Department received the call at 6:26 … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Government Office, Government/Military, Office Building

Edmonton, AB, Canada – No injuries reported in 11th floor office blaze; Sprinkler system activated to assist firefighters

August 15, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment

A fire at a downtown Edmonton office building has displaced hundreds of Alberta government employees and crippled critical online industrial applications handled by government computer servers. According to Environment and Parks spokesperson Matt Dykstra, … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Other - Retail, Retail

Ohotoks, AB, Canada – Fire at mattress store extinguished by sprinkler system

August 12, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment

A small mattress fire in the local Sleep Country store last night was contained thanks to an indoor sprinkler system. Okotoks Fire Chief, Ken Thevenot, says they were called in a timely fashion thanks … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Apartment Building, Residential

Red Deer, AB, Canada – Balcony fire controlled by sprinkler system

June 14, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment

Emergency crews were called to a balcony fire in Vanier Woods last week after improperly stored cardboard caught fire during a barbeque.

Red Deer Emergency Services (RDES) responded to a fire call at 39 … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Reporting on lives and property saved by fire sprinklers