Other Business Lexington, KY – Electrical fire in parking garage activates sprinkler system; No injuries or structural damage reported March 2, 2015 viking210 The government center at 200 East Main Street in downtown Lexington was closed Monday because of an electrical fire late Sunday night in an adjoining parking garage. The parking garage sprinkler system, which was triggered by the fire, helped to contain the blaze which blaze broke out about 11:30 p.m. Sunday in some wiring inside the parking garage. Firefighters had to turn off electricity in the parking garage, which also caused parts of the government center to lose power, city officials said. With the government building closed, some city employees will not work Monday, said Susan Straub, Mayor Jim Gray’s spokeswoman. The garage is between the Kentucky Theatre and the government building. Initial indications suggest that the parking garage sustained no structural damage, Straub said. The cause remains unknown, Straub said. Earlier Monday, officials said electrical current arced, and some insulation caught fire. The fire was quickly put out once electrical power in the garage was turned off, fire officials said.
Apartment Building, Residential Syracuse, NY – Sprinkler system helps contain off-campus apartment fire at Syracuse University March 2, 2015 viking210 A camp stove fire in an apartment on the corner of Euclid and Livingston avenues set off the sprinkler system in the apartment Sunday night. A senior in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications who asked not to be identified by name said he was experimenting with a new camp stove in preparation for a camping trip during Spring Break when the flame of the stove escalated beyond its intended height, setting off the sprinkler system. The fire, located in an apartment building at 320 Euclid Ave., was reported just after 9 p.m. Sunday night. The Syracuse Fire Department left the scene just before 9:50 p.m. The student, who lives on the third floor of the apartment building, said nothing was burnt. He said that when he saw the flame rise, he went to the bathroom sink and extinguished the flame, but the sprinkler system went off. Syracuse Fire Department District Chief Robert Whitehead said the sprinkler system did exactly what it was supposed to. There was still water in some light fixtures and some electricity was shut off in the building, but that “everything was handled,” he said. A National Grid van came to the scene around 9:30 p.m. and remained at the scene past 10 p.m. Chelcie Pellegrino, a senior communication and rhetorical studies major who lives in the apartment building, said she was inside when the fire started, but said she did not hear an alarm. Pellegrino said she heard fire trucks come to the scene and heard people running up the stairs of the building. She added that if she was not able to stay in her apartment tonight, she had friends who lived on Livingston.
Other Business Bend, OR – Sprinkler system keeps fire at welding shop from spreading March 2, 2015 viking210 A fire in a southeast Bend industrial park Thursday night caused $30,000 damage to a welding shop, but likely would have been far more severe and spread to adjoining businesses if a sprinkler system and fire alarm hadn’t kicked in, officials said. Firefighters responded around 9:40 p.m. to a fire alarm sounding at Wilson Warehouses, a multi-tenant industrial complex at 1310 SE Armour Road, said Deputy Fire Marshal Cindy Kettering. They arrived to find the fire in a welding shop, confined to a single tenant in Suites 13 and 14 of the building. Losses were estimated at $15,000 to the building and $15,000 to the contents. The fire was found to be accidental in nature, Kettering said later Friday, but an exact cause could not be determined. The fire official said damage to the business “would have been far more severe were it not for the fact that the building is equipped with a full fire sprinkler system,” which “held the fire in check until fire crews arrived” and finished putting it out. The sprinkler head activation also triggered the fire alarm, leading to a quicker dispatch of crews, Kettering said, noting that having occurred at night, it could have been “a considerable amount of time before the fire was discovered.” “Without a doubt, working fire sprinkler systems and fire alarm systems saved this business,” she said.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Dayton, OH – Sprinklers keep fire from spreading at Bravo! restaurant February 27, 2015 viking210 A fire damaged the kitchen at Bravo! by the Dayton Mall. Firefighters forced their way into the restaurant on Miamisburg Centerville Road in Miami Twp. around 1 a.m. No employees were present, but crews found smoke inside, according to Miami Valley Fire District Battalion Chief Steve Meadows. The sprinkler system kept the flames from spreading, but the fire did moderate to severe damage in the kitchen, Meadows said. Meadows also said the restaurant could be closed for a few days
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Paramus, NJ – Overnight fire at nursing home contained by sprinkler system February 27, 2015 viking210 The blaze at a Paramus nursing home began in a resident’s room and was contained by the sprinkler system at the Care One at Pine Rest Nursing Home on West Ridgewood Avenue shortly before 12:15 a.m. early Thursday. A female resident was transported by ambulance to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with what were reported to be minor injuries. There were also unconfirmed reports of two residents with smoke inhalation.
Government Office, Government/Military Norfolk, MA – Fire from gas explosion at District Attorney’s office contained with help from sprinklers February 25, 2015 viking210 A gas explosion and fire early Sunday at Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey’s Canton offices was “held in check by outside master streams and operating sprinkler heads,” Canton fire Chief Charles Doody said. Doody said firefighters secured vital records and evidence once they were able to stabilize the office building, which shares the Shawmut Industrial Park with the separately housed Norfolk Probate and Family Court. Doody said the office building’s roof was recently cleared off, leaving gas meters buried “under several feet of snow.” Around 1:50 a.m. yesterday, gas backed into a mechanical room, ignited and exploded, severely damaging a wall shared by the first and second floors.
Other Business, Place of Worship Melbourne, FL – Sprinklers help limit damage in church arson fire February 22, 2015 viking210 On a day when students from her congregation were to learn about slain civil rights activists Harry and Harriette V. Moore, Bishop Jacquelyn Gordon found herself awakened by a phone call informing her that an arsonist set a small fire in her church and scrawled a swastika on a nearby wall. “To wake up to a call at 3:30 a.m. and find this, it’s mind-blowing,” said Gordon, standing near the blackened ruin of several chairs and furniture in one of the storage compartments at the New Shiloh Christian Center in Melbourne. The blaze, which left behind $5,000 in damages, set off an alarm about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. Sprinklers were activated, which Gordon credits with keeping the fire from spreading to the nearby electrical room. The main sanctuary, housed in the same 125,000-square-foot building, was not affected by smoke or fire. Melbourne firefighters quickly contained the fire and discovered evidence of arson. Melbourne police did not immediately return calls about the case and whether it would be investigated as a possible hate crime. Police report that the vandals also broke into the electrical room, burning through locks and kicking in doors.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Marengo, IL – Overnight fire in restaurant mostly extinguished by sprinkler system February 21, 2015 viking210 Reports of a possible structure fire at Joe’s Place, 19716 E. Grant Highway, came in to the Marengo Fire Protection District at about 12:50 a.m., Capt. John Kimmel said. The small dryer blaze activated one sprinkler head, which had largely extinguished the flames prior to firefighters’ arrival, Kimmel added. “We used pump cans to extinguish the rest, then it was more about ventilating the smoke,” he said. Kimmel continued, saying there were no occupants in the restaurant at the time of the fire and no firefighters were injured during the hour-and-a-half response. “There was significant smoke damage and they’re probably going to lose some product that was in the area,” he added.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Waterloo, ON, Canada – Fire at retirement home contained to one unit by sprinkler system February 20, 2015 viking210 The fire originated in a unit on the third floor and was contained to that unit by the sprinkler system. Acting Platoon Chief Earl Reitzel tells 570 News that the people in the unit were evacuated safely and no one was injured. Reizel says that most of the damage was contained to the room
Apartment Building, Residential Brunswick, NY – Overnight apartment fire contained to one unit by sprinkler system February 20, 2015 viking210 The fire started around 2 a.m. Monday morning at the enclave at Duncan Meadows Apartments. The fire chief tells NEWS10ABC the buildings sprinkler system contained the fire to one unit. Officials say no one was hurt and residents were allowed to return after crews finished their investigations. Some residents to wait in their cars while the building was evacuated.
