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Fire sprinklers keep fire from spreading at manufacturing plant (Paris, IL)
A lighting manufacturing plant had a fire break out early Sunday morning. The fire sprinkler system operated, keeping the fire to one area. All of the employees were able to evacuate the plant safely.
Paris Fire Chief Brian Gates said of the incident, “The sprinkler system worked and contained the fire.”
Sprinkler system extinguishes condominium fire (Aurora, IL)
Fire sprinklers limit fire damage in high rise fire (Mt. Prospect, IL)
Manufacturing plant fire put out by sprinkler system (Quincy, IL)
A malfunctioning air compressor was to blame for the fire which started at a manufacturing facility on Monday morning. Fire crews arrived at 9:45 a.m. to find heavy smoke but no fire.
Lt. Richard Kestner of the Tri-Township Fire Department said of the fire, “The sprinkler system had already put it out.”
No injuries were reported.
Fire at high school quickly doused by sprinkler system (Chicago, IL)
*** FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED – NO MEDIA COVERAGE *** An explosion occurred during a cooking class at a high school on Wednesday. The fire began when students ignited a gas burner; the fire then went up to the ceiling, at which point the fire sprinkler system eliminated the flames.
Country club fire contained by sprinkler (Tinley Park, IL)
** NO MEDIA COVERAGE – FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED **
On Wednesday, February 12, a fire began in the kitchen office of a country club. The fire sprinklers activated from the heat of the fire and were able to contain the fire to where it started. No injuries were reported, and the facility is still open for business. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Sprinkler system extinguishes fire in lower parking garage of high-rise building (Chicago, IL)
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Early this morning, the Chicago Fire Department reported that a fire sprinkler system in the Franklin Center commercial high-rise at 227 W. Monroe extinguished a fire that was caused by an automobile in a lower level parking garage.
“Too often we hear about the unsprinklered fires that cause major damage and injuries or deaths, but it’s even more important to highlight when larger fires are prevented thanks to the quick response of fire sprinklers,” says Tom Lia, executive director of the nonprofit Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board. “Today, a fire sprinkler system extinguished a car fire and prevented any harm to humans. That is why fire sprinklers are in the national model codes. They are vital to life and property protection in high-rises and all other occupancies as well.”
