Apartment Building, Residential, Residential High Rise Calgary, AB, Canada – Sprinkler system stops high-rise balcony fire from entering building; No injuries reported May 7, 2017 viking210 Leave a comment Several floors of a southwest Calgary apartment building were evacuated Saturday night after a fire broke out on an upper storey balcony. Around 9:30 p.m., the Calgary Fire Department responded to several calls regarding … Continue Reading ››
Other - Retail, Retail Langford, BC, Canada – Early morning fire at paint store controlled by sprinkler system April 26, 2017 viking210 Leave a comment A Langford paint store has its sprinkler system to thank for putting a stop to what could have been a devastating blaze. Flames broke out at Cloverdale Paint on Langford Parkway at around 4 … Continue Reading ››
Manufacturing, Other - Manufacturing Chilliwack, BC, Canada – Industrial machinery fire contained with help from sprinkler system April 25, 2017 viking210 Leave a comment A two-alarm structure fire broke out in a Chilliwack industrial park last Friday morning. Chilliwack Fire Department crews from several fire halls were called out to Frontline Machinery Ltd at 43779 Progress Way. Fire … Continue Reading ››
Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail Alliston, ON, Canada – Sprinkler system helps extinguish intentionally-set fire at Walmart April 21, 2017 viking210 Leave a comment The Walmart in Alliston will be open for business on April 21 after being closed since April 7 when a fire was set inside the store. “We are reopening the store tomorrow morning (April … Continue Reading ››
Apartment Building, Residential Halifax, NS, Canada – Suspicious fire in common area of 12-story apartment building extinguished by sprinkler system April 3, 2017 viking210 Leave a comment Police are investigating two suspicious fires in just 10 days in a common room of a Dartmouth apartment building. The first fire was reported on March 18 at 5:37 p.m. A Halifax Regional Police … Continue Reading ››
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Yellowknife, NT, Canada – Sprinkler system contains fire at hotel caused by young person playing with lighter April 1, 2017 viking210 Leave a comment A young person playing with a lighter caused Monday's fire at the Explorer Hotel in Yellowknife. City officials say a minor lit a book on fire in a room on the second floor, activating … Continue Reading ››
Retail, Shopping Mall Mill Woods, AB, Canada – Activated sprinkler system assist firefighters in containing shopping mall store fire March 27, 2017 viking210 Leave a comment The Millbourne Market Mall in Mill Woods was forced to close Sunday after a fire in the kitchen of a restaurant. Fire crews responded to Remelies Cuisine in the area of 76 Street and … Continue Reading ››
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Sherwood Park, AB, Canada – Grease fire at retirement home controlled by sprinkler system; No injuries reported March 27, 2017 viking210 Leave a comment A fire at Silver Birch Court last week resulted in the evacuation of 55 people. During the evening of Thursday, March 16, Strathcona County Emergency Services responded to a fire alarm at Silver Birch … Continue Reading ››
Other Business Barrie, ON, Canada – Fire at UPS facility extinguished by single sprinkler March 18, 2017 viking210 Leave a comment A single sprinkler did the trick, putting out a fire that started in a delivery truck inside the UPS building on Welham Road in Barrie, around four this morning. The fire department was called … Continue Reading ››
Apartment Building, Residential Victoria, BC, Canada – Sprinkler system contains apartment fire as RCMP officers help residents evacuate March 15, 2017 viking210 Leave a comment French fries are being blamed for an apartment fire on Peatt Road that sent four RCMP officers to hospital due to smoke inhalation. A member of the West Shore RCMP was on … Continue Reading ››
