Tag Archives: North Carolina

Apartment Building, Residential

Fayetteville, NC – Single sprinkler extinguishes apartment kitchen fire; No injuries reported and no one displaced

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Two units in the Cliff Creek Apartments off Cliffdale Road were damaged by water Friday after a pan caught fire and set off the sprinkler system, according to the Fayetteville Fire/Emergency Management Department.  The fire at 731 C.L. Tart Circle was reported at 5:45 p.m. … Continue Reading »

Other Business

Avon, NC – Sprinkler system “did its job and saved our building,” according to spa owner

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Spa Koru in Avon is closed this morning following a fire late Wednesday.  The spa said on its Facebook page no one was in the   building at the time and the sprinkler system “did its job and saved our building.”

“However we still have quite a bit of smoke and water damage that we will need time to clean up,” the spa said. … Continue Reading »

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

James City, NC – Late night fire at assisted living facility contained by sprinkler system; Fire started in laundry room

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Fire fighters responded to <a fire> at Croatan Village, an assisted living facility in James City.  Crews were called there at 11:30 p.m.  The fire started in the laundry room, but the sprinkler system contained fire. Everyone was evacuated, and no one was injured.… Continue Reading »

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Rockingham, NC – Sprinkler system extinguishes plastics fire at packaging manufacturer

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Firefighters didn’t have much fighting to do when they responded to an alarm at Direct Pack East late Wednesday night. Several bags of ground-up plastic caught fire at the manufacturing plant in the former Trane building on Airport Road, according to Bill Bayless, deputy chief of the East Rockingham Fire Department.… Continue Reading »

College/University (on campus), Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential, School / University

Durham, NC – Dorm room fire at Duke University extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries reported

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A dorm room was damaged in a fire at Duke University on Saturday evening, officials said. The fire was reported at 7:48 p.m. at 420 Chapel Drive, according to Durham fire officials. “Firefighters found the sprinkler system had activated and extinguished a small fire in a dorm room,” Chris Iannuzzi, deputy chief of the Durham Fire Department said in a news release.… Continue Reading »