Apartment Building, Residential Salisbury, MD – Sprinkler system keeps overnight fire from spreading; No injuries reported May 6, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment Crews battled an overnight blaze Tuesday at Mill Pond Village Apartments that displaced 35 people and caused $500,000 in damages, according to fire officials. A Salisbury Fire Department Facebook … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Ellicott City, MD – Fire at assisted living facility quickly controlled with help from sprinkler system March 29, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment There was an apartment fire in Ellicott City Monday at an assisted living facility, according to officials. It was quickly controlled with help from sprinklers, authorities said. Fire broke out in … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Auto Dealership, Retail Gaithersburg, MD – Sprinkler system prevented fire from spreading at auto repair shop; No injuries reported February 26, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment Two cars are left damaged after a fire started in a Gaithersburg auto repair shop. According to the Montgomery County Fire Department, the fire broke out Thursday at about … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Apartment Building, Residential Leonardtown, MD – Sprinkler system extinguishes fire in kitchen apartment; No injuries reported February 12, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment On Monday, February 4, 2019, at approximately 1:00 p.m., firefighters from Bay District, NAS Patuxent River, Valley Lee, Leonardtown, and Hollywood responded to 44890 Hunting Meadows Court in Callaway, for the reported … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Retail Annapolis, MD – Storage room fire at nail salon contained by sprinkler system January 15, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment Firefighters were called to a Safeway store on the 1700 block of Forest Drive shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday, Cpt. Phil Morris said. Crews were responding to a “water flow alarm” … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Residential, Single Family Home Manchester, MD – Residential sprinkler system contained house fire to one bedroom December 29, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment Damage was confined to one area of the house. A sprinkler installed in a home in Manchester helped minimize the damage from a house fire. … Continue Reading »
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Federalsburg, MD – Storage room fire in industrial building brought under control by sprinkler system; 200 employees safe December 17, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment A fire in a storage room damaged a Caroline County industrial building on Tuesday night. The fire was reported at the Dart Plant at 1000 Industrial Park Drive shortly after 9:30 … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Apartment Building, Residential Silver Spring, MD – Apartment fire caused by smoking in bed is extinguished by sprinkler system December 12, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment When a Montgomery County man went to check on his wife last week, she was in the bedroom, on a bed, and the bed was on fire, according to a report from … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Ocean City, MD – Restaurant fire extinguished by sprinkler system and fast acting employee December 9, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment An Ocean City restaurant was saved from serious fire damage due to fire sprinklers and an employee using a fire extinguisher. The Ocean City Fire Department was called to respond to a … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
Other - Manufacturing, Other Business Elkton, MD – Authorities credit sprinkler system with extinguishing blaze in chemical mixing room December 6, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment Investigators are crediting a sprinkler system for extinguishing a blaze Monday morning inside a chemical mixing room at a medical products plant in Elkton, allowing the three employees in that area to escape safely, … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »
