Authorities confirm that a fire started in Menards near the shower displays.
There was noticeable smoke inside the building.
No injuries were reported.
Authorities say the sprinkler system took care of most of the fire.
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Davenport firefighters battled a small apartment fire at the Heritage high rise Thursday.
The fire started in a sixth floor apartment, but the sprinkler system held it in check.
There were no injuries, and no one had to be evacuated from the building. Asst. Fire Chief Robb MacDougall tells TV6 there are sprinklers throughout the building to protect residents.
The fire is under investigation.
Heritage is located at 501 W. Third St. in Davenport.
“The fire was 100 percent put out by the sprinkler system,” said Public Safety Director Jeff Olson.
At 2:21 p.m. Saturday Cedar Falls firefighters were dispatched to a kitchen fire. When they arrived they found the apartment complex’s sprinkler system had extinguished the fire.
Capt. Mike Buhrow radioed back that additional assistance wasn’t needed, Olson said.
The apartment complex residents were evacuated when firefighters arrived.
The fire was caused by a cardboard box left on top of stove, which was accidentally turned on, Olson said.
There were no injuries. The stove was damaged and may need to be replaced and cabinets above the stove were burned as well.
The resident was in the process of moving out.
The Cedar Rapids Fire Department and Hiawatha Fire Department both responded to the scene, where an official release says they found a light haze inside Riley’s Cafe. Using thermal imaging, firefighters reportedly checked the ceiling in an area already impacted by a fire Thursday afternoon. After discovering hot spots, the firefighter reportedly began removing ceiling tiles and identified burning insulation and falling embers. Firefighters reportedly discovered multiple instances of burning insulation above both Riley’s Cafe and the neighboring Broken Spoke, both of which had already been closed because of Thursday’s fire.
A fire broke out at the Polaris Industries Spirit Lake facility on April 10. Polaris owns Indian Motorcycle, and the facility is used to build the motorcycles. The fire started in near the paint station in the facility. The building’s sprinkler system took care of the flames near the ground.
While most of the fire was put out by the sprinkler system, the fire department did have to go in and extinguish some flames. The insulation in the ceiling of the building caught fire, according to RideApart, and that caused quite a lot of smoke. The fire department had to enlist the help of another fire department with the proper equipment to enter the building due to the level of smoke. It then had to ventilate the building to get the smoke out.
