Tag Archives: Early AM (5am-7am)
Radisson hotel fire put out by automatic sprinkler system (Covington, KY)
At 6:38 a.m. guests at the Radisson Riverfront Hotel in Covington get a terrifying wake-up call. “The linnen room on the 17th floor was on fire.” The hotel was quickly evacuated. Fire fighters say the building’s sprinkler system snuffed out flames and prevented it from spreading. Smoke and water damage was minimal.
Sprinklers put out early morning fire, keep fire from spreading (Phoenix, AZ)
An Ahwatukee business suffered a fire early Monday morning, prompting a lot of smoke in the area. Fire crews were called to the Harem Lounge near 48th Street and Ray Road overnight after a fire broke out. The sprinkler system was able to successfully put out the fire. Luckily, nearby businesses, like an AMC movie theater located in the same strip mall, were spared from the fire spreading.
Animal hospital fire extinguished by sprinkler system – no animals hurt (San Antonio, TX)
Fire officials credit sprinkler system with minimizing damage in school fire (Bozeman, MT)
Sprinkler system assists firefighters, limits damage in fire at large auto repair facility (Fontana, CA)
Fire at MSP international airport controlled by single sprinkler (Minneapolis, MN)
Apartment kitchen fire controlled by sprinkler system (Fontana, CA)
Firefighters extinguished a kitchen fire Saturday morning after a resident reportedly left hot oil unattended. At about 5:47 a.m., firefighters responded to an apartment fire in the 9200 block of Cypress Avenue. According to a news release from the San Bernardino County Fire Department, a resident had apparently begun to heat up some oil in the stove top and left for a short period, during which time the oil heated up and ignited a fire. The sprinkler system activated and held the fire in check until firefighters arrived, the Fire Department said.
Baseball stadium fire contained by fire sprinkler system (York, PA)
An early morning fire at a concession stand in Santander Stadium was extinguished Saturday with little damage done, said York City Fire Department Chief David Michaels. A compressor in the cooling unit of the first-base-side concession stand overheated and caught fire around 6 a.m., Michaels said. He said the fire was contained by the park’s sprinkler system. The damage was minimal enough that planned events at Santander Stadium were able to go on as normal on Saturday, he said.
“If not for the sprinkler, it would have been a totally different outcome,” Michaels said. “It could have been a significant fire.”
Sprinkler system saves manufacturing plant from sustaining major damage (Thomasville, NC)
A sprinkler system saved a manufacturing plant from sustaining major damage, said Robbie Binkley, battalion chief for the Thomasville Fire Department. Rocky Watts, division chief of code enforcement/fire marshal for the TFD, said the plant housed 100 gallons of sulfuric acid mixed with water in a chemical open system. He explained the fire was around the system. Watts said it appears the fire was a result of a shortage in the electrical wiring in the heating element of a chemical holding tank. There was no structural damage and minimal smoke damage, the battalion chief reported.
A fire destroyed the same business 10 years ago, at which time it did not have a sprinkler system, he said. The sprinkler system “kept the fire in check and saved the building,” Binkley said. Watts said the company cleans racing parts and places a coating on them.