Tag Archives: Evening (6pm-9pm)
Pleasantville, NJ – Sprinklers help extinguish mattress fire at high-rise apartment building; No injuries reported
Springfield, IL – No injuries in apartment arson fire controlled with help from sprinkler system
Westminster, CO – Home fire sprinkler system extinguishes fire in three-story residence
NFPA has listed facts about home fire sprinklers at http://www.nfpa.org/public-education/by-topic/fire-and-life-safety-equipment/home-fire-sprinklers.
Medford, OR – Fire at commercial laundry business contained with help from sprinkler system
Ocean City, MD – Fire Marshal credits sprinkler system for saving resident’s life in apartment fire
Bremerton, WA – Apartment fire caused by cigarette extinguished with help from sprinkler system
South Lake Tahoe, CA – Fire in attic mechanical room at Target store contained by sprinkler system
Waukesha, WI – Fire at municipal garage controlled with assistance from sprinkler system
Geneva, OH – Sprinkler system contains nursing home fire; No injuries reported
“We had a dryer fire in the basement that actually started the sprinkler system,” Russell said.
The fire call came about 8:40 p.m. and when firefighters arrived they had some “mop-up” work to do but the fire was almost extinguished, he said. However, some areas of the nursing home were not immediately fit for patients to return.
Patients were moved to secure areas as firefighters ventilated the building and worked on plans for moving those in areas that were deemed unable to be used for the night, Russell said.
A long line of emergency vehicles blocked Route 20 as they awaited instructions on the evacuation to different sites. At about 10 p.m. some of the vehicles were moved into position to take patients away. At that time, firefighters did not know where residents were being taken or how many would be transported, Russell said.”
As far as I know there were no injuries,” Russell said.Ambulances and engines from multiple departments were used, including Jefferson, Saybrook Township, Madison Fire District, Geneva, Ashtabula, Ashtabula Township, Perry, Harpersfield Township, Geneva-on-the-Lake as well as South Central Ambulance District and Northwest Ambulance District.