Tag Archives: South Carolina

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Fire at rug manufacturer confined by sprinkler system (Anderson, SC)

Firefighters were called to the Orian Rugs plant in Anderson County at about 6:15 AM Wednesday  after a small fire broke out, according to Anderson County Fire Chief Billy Gibson. Gibson said the plant’s sprinkler system was able to confine and help put out the fire, which was in an office near a sample room.  Firefighters believe an electrical short may have sparked the fire.  Orian Rugs is a family-owned manufacturer of rugs and was established in Anderson in 1979.

Apartment Building, Residential

Small fire suppressed by sprinklers at apartment complex (Spartanburg, SC)

A minor fire at an apartment complex was suppressed by the automatic sprinkler system.  According to the fire chief, who said the sprinkler system did exactly what it was supposed to do.  ***Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by the FOX Carolina and journalist Joseph Pereira, who focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system. ***

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant

Fire sprinklers credited with extinguishing hotel fire (Kiawah Island, SC)

Guests who were staying at the Sanctuary Hotel were evacuated when a fire began in the hotel’s storage room. The sprinkler system extinguished the fire keeping the damage to that single room. No injuries were reported.  


Apartment Building, Residential

Fire sprinklers contain apartment fire (Charleston, SC)

After a cooking fire broke out in an apartment in downtown Charleston, the resident tried to douse it without success. The unit’s fire sprinkler was then triggered and kept the fire in check until fire crews arrived to put out the remaining flames. 


Residential, Single Family Home

Fire sprinklers prove worth in multiple house fire (Carolina Forest, SC)

A fire that destroyed 26 buildings on Saturday was not able to demolish a couple of buildings that had fire sprinklers installed in them. The factors contributing to the enormity of the fire were the pine straw that surrounded all of the buildings and the high winds that evening.

Horry County Fire Chief Fred Crosby stated, “There were two buildings that had sprinklers. They were built after the fire code had changed and required it. The other buildings were built before it was required. And those two buildings are left standing.”

No injuries were reported.