The fire alarm went off around 11 p.m. at headquarters. A small fire had started on a desk of the second floor Investigations Bureau and was extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system.
Huntington Police Chief Ray Cornwell said the fire appears to be electrical, but it will be investigated by Huntington Fire Marshal Mat Winters.
The Huntington Fire Department responded to the scene.
There were no injuries. Repairs will need to be done to address water damage from the sprinklers.
Fire crews were dispatched to 138 Teaticket Highway at 10:35 a.m., Absten said. The sprinkler system had extinguished the fire by the time they arrived, he said.
Crews checked for any fire extension, but there was none, Absten said. There was damage from the fire and water damage from the sprinkler system, he said.
There were no injuries, Absten said.
The Falmouth Housing Authority is seeking a place for the displaced resident to stay, Absten said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, he said.
The building’s fire alarm activated shortly before 3:30 p.m., and automatic sprinklers extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived on the scene in the 9500 block of Franklin Avenue, Franklin Park Fire Chief William Brehm said in an email.
“Residents were evacuated and evaluated for safety, but there were no injuries or transports (to the hospital),” Brehm said.
Only the apartment that caught fire was damaged, and that was limited to water damage from the sprinkler system, Brehm said. The damage was cleaned up the same day by an outside company, according to Brehm.
HCFMO investigators and inspectors responded to an apartment fire in the 14400 block of Cornerstone Vlg. One sprinkler head activated controlling the fire until the fire department arrived. Investigators were able to find a match among the fire debris and obtained a confession.
No one was injured in a fire Thursday night at a Home Depot store in Chatham on the South Side.
The fire was reported shortly after 11 p.m. at the store, 200 W. 87th St., according to the Chicago Fire Department.
The fire, which damaged the store’s stock, was brought under control by sprinklers and was put out by 11:30 p.m., fire officials said.
The school will be closed for the week as damage is assessed, district officials said. All lessons will be conducted virtually.
No injuries were reported from the fire that happened at around 3:30 a.m. at the school located at 375 W. Court St. in Doylestown Borough. Central Bucks Regional Police Chief Karl Knott said the fire resulted from a defective air purifier. He said there was minor damage to one classroom.
“Because of the hour, there were no students or faculty in the building, hence no injuries,” said Knott.
Central Bucks School District officials expressed gratitude for first responders.
“We are deeply grateful that no one was hurt and for the quick response of the Doylestown Fire Company,” Superintendent of Schools John J. Kopicki said in an email to Central Bucks families. “We ask that our students and families allow officials time to do their work and avoid the campus as we work alongside them to secure and inspect the damage at CB West.”
Kopicki notified families across the district in a morning email. He said the fire was extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system. He said the Doylestown Fire Company was dispatched and arrived on campus. They are now “assessing and monitoring the scene of the incident.”
AFD was on scene at 2510 South Congress Avenue at around 3:45 a.m.
Officials say the fire was exterior and that the sprinkler system stopped the flames from entering the building.
AFD says the call first came in as a grass fire but was later upgraded to a structure fire.
Firefighters were able to put out the flames in around five to ten minutes, according to a spokesperson with AFD. No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation at this time. Investigators believe this fire was likely caused by a cigarette in mulch that extended to the deck and then the building.
Police say emergency services were called to the Walmart location in the Sunrise Shopping Centre on Ottawa Street South near Fischer Hallman Road around 9:15 p.m. for a reported blaze.
“On arrival, they found an active fire in the paper products, while primarily toilet paper and other related products,” Tom Ruggle, Kitchener’s Chief Fire Prevention Officer, said.
Firefighters quickly put out the blaze.
At around 10 p.m., police said emergency services were called to the Walmart in Stanley Park Mall on River Road East near Ottawa Street North for another reported fire.
Similar to the first fire, someone lit paper products on fire, which needed to be extinguished by the Kitchener Fire Department.
Twenty minutes later, Waterloo Fire Rescue was called to the Walmart in the Bridgeport Plaza at Bridgeport Road East and Weber Street South.
“Firefighters confirmed entry into the store and encountered smoke banking down from the ceiling while conducting a primary search of the entire area,” Waterloo fire chief Richard Hepditch said.
“Fire crews ensured the fire was confined and supported extinguishment of the fire which was kept in check by an active sprinkler-head/life-safety system.”
Similar to the KItchener fires, Waterloo police said the fire was started in the paper products aisle.
“All Waterloo Fire Stations responded to this incident where a total of 21 firefighters and 6 fire apparatus were involved.”
The Ontario Fire Marshal’s office estimated the cost of the three fires to be at around $12 million.
”The fires were relatively small and contained,” Ruggle explained about the damage the stores had sustained. “However, there was a fair bit of smoke that was produced at the time of the fire.”
Manny Garcia, who is a supervisor with the Ontario Fire Marshal’s office, says the damage could have been a lot worse.“Thankfully, these these large, big box stores such as Wal-Mart, they are protected by sprinkler systems,” he explained.“There was also intervention by a storing employee with a fire extinguisher, and that certainly helped slow down the fire progress until the sprinkler went off.“
There were no injuries reported in connection with any of the fires.
Walmart kept the stores closed into Wednesday afternoon as it dealt with the clean-up and repairs
“The stores will re-open as soon as possible while we work with officials to ensure the stores are safe and up to the standards our customers expect and deserve,” the company said in a statement.
“This appears to be a criminal act that will unfortunately impact many of our customers and associates in the middle of the pandemic. We are working closely with officials as they investigate”.
Police are treating the fires as arson.
According to a news release, the department responded at approximately 9:08 p.m. to the Burlington Apartments, located at 206 North 3rd Street in Burlington, for an automated sprinkler water flow alarm.
Shortly after receiving the alarm, the fire department says dispatchers with DESCOM started receiving 911 calls of a fire on the fourth floor of the nine-story apartment building.
Firefighters arrived at 9:11 p.m. and found fire alarms activating and the building being evacuated. When firefighters got to the fourth floor, they located one activated sprinkler head in one of the apartment unit kitchens.
An investigation revealed there had been an accidental cooking fire. It was extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system.
The fire department says the overall fire damage was minimal. Firefighters focused on shutting down the sprinkler system and controlling water damage.
The apartment building is owned by Historic Burlington, LLC and is insured. There were five apartments affected with six residents displaced.
The West Burlington Fire Department, Burlington Police Department, Alliant Energy and American Red Cross assisted at the scene.