Other / Not Specified, Other Business Sprinkler system aids firefighters at printing company fire (Durham, NC) April 22, 2014 viking210 Two large rolls of paper caught fire at a printing press at about midnight on April 18. Forty-one employees evacuated safely as a fire sprinkler activated on the fire. Fire crews arrived to eliminate the remaining flames. The cause of the fire appears to be to be related to the equipment in the building. There were no injuries reported.
Apartment Building, Residential Apartment fire halted by sprinkler system (Wilmington, NC) April 8, 2014 viking210 When a fire began on the balcony of an apartment late Thursday night, the unit’s fire sprinkler activated, which kept the fire from spreading into the apartment unit. There were no injuries or residents displaced from the fire, and the cause of the fire was an improperly disposed cigarette.
Apartment Building, Residential Apartment saved from fire by sprinklers (Chapel Hill, NC) March 4, 2014 viking210 Officials report that a fire in an unattended apartment unit the morning of February 28 is being blamed on the dryer vent hose. Even though the dryer was not being used at the time of the fire, it had recently been used. After the fire began, the fire sprinkler activated and eliminated the fire completely before fire crews arrived to the scene. No injuries were reported.
Apartment Building, Residential Apartment fire extinguished by fire sprinkler system (Sneads Ferry, NC) January 28, 2014 viking210 Nearly 30 people were displaced after a small fire set off water sprinklers at a apartment complex. The fire started at approximately 6:30 p.m. Monday in the kitchen area of one of the apartment units but was immediately contained and put out. The fire was minor, and no injuries were reported. The fire’s investigation is closed, and it was ruled an accident.
Residential Fire sprinkler keeps fire from spreading at night club (Salisbury, NC) January 21, 2014 viking210 Salisbury’s night club, Nashville Nights, had a trash can fire occur on Saturday evening, and firefighters were alerted to the scene. The building’s fire sprinkler activated and suppressed the fire. Salisbury Fire Chief Bob Parnell said, “Had this building not been sprinklered, then it is very probable that a serious fire would result and consume one or more downtown buildings.” No injuries were reported, and the night club was slated to open in a few days.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Fire sprinkler puts out fire at hotel (Rocky Mount, NC) January 15, 2014 viking210 Fire sprinklers stopped an early morning fire from spreading at a Doubletree Hotel on Wednesday, January 15. One of the hotel’s guest smelled smoke at about 6 a.m. and pulled the a fire alarm. When fire crews arrived, they found a small amount of smoke coming from a fourth floor room that was unoccupied. In response to the heat from the fire, the room’s fire sprinklers had activated, which kept the fire from spreading. Investigators believe the fire began because of an electrical malfunction near the heating unit in the fourth floor room. No one was injured in the incident.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Hotel fire held in check by sprinkler system (Concord, NC) December 26, 2013 viking210 Concord Department of Fire and Life Safety was called to Sleep Inn Hotel on Dec. 23 at around 12:10 a.m. Firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the back of the structure. There had been a fire in the building, but the sprinkler system held the fire in check until firefighters arrived. Fire Investigators determined that the fire was started by improperly discarded smoking material. There were no injuries.
Other / Not Specified, Other Business Sprinklers credited with saving non-profit building (Albermarle, NC) December 17, 2013 viking210 When a fire broke out at West Stanly Christian Ministries in the early morning hours of Thursday, December 12, fire crews broke in through the front door to find that the majority of the fire had been doused by two sprinkler heads. The fire had began on the first floor when one of the building’s electrically-powered heating units malfunctioned. Stanly County Fire Marshal said of the incident, “Without that sprinkler system, the fire department would still be there spraying water on the shell of the building. It would have burned down. Even though the sprinkler did create damage, it’s like we always say – ‘Everything dries out – nothing unburns.'”
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Fire at Holiday Inn extinguished by sprinkler system (Raleigh, NC) November 30, 2013 viking210 According to investigators, the fire started in a heating and air unit inside a room at the Holiday Inn at about 9 p.m. The fire was extinguished by sprinklers in the room, officials said. No damage was caused by the fire. There were no immediate reports of injuries, and those staying at the hotel were allowed back inside shortly after the alarms were activated.
Other - Retail, Retail Sprinklers help to control fire at Harris Teeter store (Wilmington, NC) October 27, 2013 viking210 The Wilmington Fire Department says sprinklers helped crews quickly controlled the fire at the store at 820 S. College Rd. A WFD spokesman says the fire started with welding on the roof. No one was hurt.
