Tag Archives: Virginia

Apartment Building, Residential

Off-campus apartment fire contained by sprinkler system (Ettrick, VA)

October 3, 2012 viking210

The blaze began in one of the off-campus apartments that was being used for storage. The building’s sprinkler system helped keep the fire from spreading to other units. Fire officials said the stove in the apartment was accidently turned on and lit items on the stove on fire. No injuries were reported and the students who live in the building were able to return to their apartments within hours of the fire.

Residential, Single Family Home

Sprinkler system extinguishes kitchen fire (Fairfax, VA)

August 31, 2012 viking210

A sprinkler system put out a kitchen fire. The fire started around 7:30 p.m. and was out within a few minutes. Chief Kenny Wolfrey said that the incident was a reminder that “sprinklers save lives.”

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinkler system contains third floor apartment fire (Chesterfield, VA)

July 18, 2012 viking210

“It could have been a disaster without the sprinkler system,” Battalion Chief Robby Dawson of Chesterfield Fire and EMS Fire Marshal’s office said. “More residents would have been affected and we would have been on scene at least two days doing an investigation instead of the few hours we were there. The sprinklers made the difference. The system saved lives.”

Department Store, Retail

Department store fire suppressed by fire sprinklers (Herndon, VA)

May 29, 2012 viking210

A fire that was set intentionally at a Kohl’s department store was promptly suppressed by the store’s fire sprinkler system. Firefighters arrived soon afterward and finished putting out the flames.

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Restaurant fire contained by fire sprinklers (Blairs, VA)

May 16, 2012 viking210

According to Pittsylvania County fire marshal Steven Bowman, a fire broke out in the attic of the Woodlake Bar and Grill early Sunday morning. The heat from the flames activated the restaurant’s fire sprinkler system which suppressed the fire until fire crews arrived to completely put out the fire.

Residential, Townhouse / Condominium

Residential Sprinkler Prevents Potentially Devastating Fire (Lansdowne, VA)

May 15, 2012 viking210

A small fire broke out on a kitchen stove in a condominium in Lansdowne on Saturday, May 12. Units responding from Lansdowne and Ashburn arrived on the scene to find that the fire, in a ninth-floor unit, had been extinguished by the sprinkler system.

Apartment Building, Residential

Fire sprinklers prove effectiveness in residential fire (Sterling, VA)

March 22, 2012 viking210

After a fire broke out on the balcony of a second floor apartment, its fire sprinkler system quickly extinguished the flames. No injuries occurred, and no one was displaced as a result of the incident.

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinkler system credited with saving residents from devastating fire (Loudoun, VA)

March 13, 2012 viking210

A sprinkler system in an apartment building near Countryside is credited with saving residents from a devastating fire. Firefighters determined the fire started in a laundry room. There were no reported civilian or firefighter injuries.

Residential, Townhouse / Condominium

Townhouse Fire Stopped By Sprinklers (Leesburg, VA)

January 18, 2012 viking210

Townhouse Fire Stopped By Sprinklers – Leesburg Today : News: A residential sprinkler been credited with saving property in a
Lansdowne townhouse last week and highlighting the importance of
the systems.

Primary / Secondary School, School / University

Middle School Bathroom Fire Extinguished by Sprinklers (Charlottesville, VA)

December 20, 2011 viking210

The flames were put out by the bathroom sprinkler, and no one was injured, said Capt. Kelly Walker, of the Waynesboro Police Department.

Reporting on lives and property saved by fire sprinklers