Apartment Building, Residential Suspicious apartment fire put out by sprinkler system (North Bay, ON) March 3, 2014 viking210 A flaming object that was thrown down the garbage chute of an apartment on Thursday night at about 10 p.m. The sprinkler system activated and put out the fire, and police report that thanks to the fire sprinkler, there was no damage to the building. This is the fourth time that a fire has started for similar reasons in this apartment building.
Residential, Single Family Home Garbage chute fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Windsor, ON) June 20, 2013 viking210 Windsor firefighters were kept busy across the city after two unrelated fires broke out around the same time after 11pm, Monday evening … In the second incident, firefighters were called to 810 Ouellette for reports of smoke in the building.Firefighters investigated smoke in the building’s garbage chute and it appears as though the fire was successfully extinguished by a sprinkler.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Fire sprinklers prove worth at high school fire (Hawkesbury, ON) May 3, 2013 viking210 Fire crews responded to a fire at 1:00 a.m. that began by the window of a high school classroom to find that the fire had activated the fire sprinkler which helped to suppress and contain the fire. No one was injured in the fire, and police suspect arson as the cause.
Other - Retail, Retail Fire sprinklers protect tire store from second arson fire (Montreal, ON) April 19, 2013 viking210 A tire store that was hit by arson for the second time less than a month suffered very light damage thanks to the building’s fire sprinklers. The fire started late at night, and no one was reported injured in the incident.
Government/Military, Other-Government/Military Sprinkler system contains fire at Royal Canadian Mint (Ottawa, ON) November 9, 2012 viking210 There are no injuries and no burned money after a fire at the Royal Canadian Mint’s facility in Winnipeg. Spokesperson Christine Aquino says employees were evacuated safely and production resumed within a few hours. The Winnipeg fire department says the fire was caused by overheated electrical equipment, and was contained by the building’s sprinkler system.
Apartment Building, Residential Highrise fire controlled by sprinkler system (Hamilton, ON) October 29, 2012 viking210 Fire crews were called after a fire began in the garbage chute. The building’s sprinkler system controlled the blaze before fire crews arrived on scene. No one was injured and the fire caused very little damage to the building.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University School fire extinguished by sprinkler system, students returned to class within the hour (Bracebridge, ON) March 5, 2012 viking210 Students at Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School were evacuated briefly this morning following a fire in the school’s woodworking shop. The fire was reported at 10 a.m., and was soon extinguished by the school sprinkler system. Students were evacuated as a precaution, but returned to class within the hour. No injuries were reported.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler System Contained Apartment Fire (Kitchener, ON) December 1, 2011 viking210 Firefighters responded to the call just before 3 a.m. and extinguished a small fire inside. The sprinkler system had contained the fire.
