Tag Archives: Utah

Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail

Sandy, UT – Fire sprinklers help put out fire after tractor-trailer full of fireworks caught on fire;No injuries reported

August 11, 2020 viking210 Leave a comment

A tractor-trailer, parked at a loading dock at a Smith’s in Sandy and filled with fireworks, caught fire Thursday morning.

Crews responded to the fire near 2000 East and … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

College/University (on campus), School / University

Provo, UT – FIre inside storage cabinet stopped by fire sprinklers inside BYU campus building

July 12, 2020 viking210 Leave a comment

Firefighters responded to a fire in the Ezra Taft Benson building this morning. The fire had already been contained when they arrived.

Public Information Officer Captain Sam Armstrong said … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Apartment Building, Residential

St. George, UT – Sprinkler system extinguishes third floor apartment fire; No injuries reported

June 24, 2020 viking210 Leave a comment

A structure fire that started in the kitchen of a three-story apartment displaced the tenants of two of the apartments and garnered the interest of more than 40 residents as firefighters tended … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Cedar City, UT – Fire sprinkler contains fire at plastics manufacturer

June 9, 2020 viking210 Leave a comment

Firefighters from multiple agencies responded Saturday afternoon to a fire at a plastics manufacturing plant in Cedar City.

Genpak, at 2791 Highway 56, produces styrofoam plates for use in … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Manufacturing, Other - Manufacturing

Salt Lake City, UT – Sprinkler system helps contain fire at commercial business

December 24, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

A fire broke out at the International Center late Friday night located at 5281 Harold Gatty Drive on Friday night.

The commercial building was said to contain a large … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse

Ogden, UT – Warehouse fire controlled by sprinkler system; No injuries reported

October 8, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

Crews from multiple fire departments were at the scene of a fire in a commercial warehouse in Ogden early Saturday morning.

Firefighters were dispatched at 2:42 a.m. to 2048 … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse

St. George, UT – Warehouse fire stopped by fire sprinkler system; No injuries reported

September 4, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

The St. George Fire Department was called to Dixie Metal Recycling after a fire broke out in the warehouse just before noon.

According to Chief Robert Stoker, fire crews … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Apartment Building, Residential

Salt Lake City, UT – Sprinkler system puts out oil fire at apartment complex; No injuries reported

June 14, 2019 viking210 Leave a comment

Crews responded to a report of an oil fire at an apartment in the Avenues area of Salt Lake City Thursday evening.

“Fire crews responded to a fire alarm … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Place of Worship

Cedar City, UT – Kitchen fire in LDS chapel is “mostly extinguished” by automatic sprinkler system

October 22, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment

The fire department was called out around 4:40 p.m. by an alarm company that notified dispatch that the inside sprinklers had been activated in an LDS chapel located on 3800 West Cody Drive. “We … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Logan, UT – Fire extinguished at nursing home after help from sprinkler system

July 11, 2018 viking210 Leave a comment

An air conditioning unit that sparked a blaze in a resident's bed led to some injuries during the evacuation of a nursing home Friday.

An employee at Rocky Mountain Care, 1480 N. 400 East, … Continue Reading ››… Continue Reading »

Reporting on lives and property saved by fire sprinklers