Fire broke out at a Parma nursing home and rehab center Monday afternoon.
Crews were called to the Parma Care Center on Broadview Road around 5 p.m.
When firefighters arrived they found a small fire in the basement that had been brought under control by the sprinkler system.
The fire was fully extinguished by Parma fire units.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
No firefighters or any of the facility’s 96 residents were injured during the blaze.
Six fire units and about 26 personnel were on the scene, with the first crew arriving at 1:43 a.m.
When firefighters entered the apartment, they found that a sprinkler had already activated, keeping the fire contained to the kitchen.
Crews used a water extinguisher to fully put out the flames by 1:53 a.m.
After shutting off the sprinkler, they searched the apartment to make sure no one was inside.
The HFD’s Fire Investigator was called in to investigate.
Fire damage estimates have not been made.
HFD concluded operations with no reports of injuries.
Firefighters put out apartment fire in Gainesville early Monday morning.
According to Gainesville Fire Rescue, firefighters responded to an apartment fire on the 8th floor at 931 West University Avenue. The sprinkler system was able to extinguish the fire quickly.
There were no injuries reported but several apartments suffered water damage.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, but the origin of the fire believed to be a vacuum cleaner in the laundry room.
Firefighters dispatched at 5:39 a.m. to 1100 W. Wilshire Blvd. had the fire out at 6:18 a.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.
“Firefighters located a dumpster fire in the basement, which triggered fire sprinklers in a trash (chute) room on the 17th floor and is the source of the smoke,” said Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
“Firefighters will work with the building engineer to manipulate the HVAC system to fully ventilate the building and remove the smoke,” Stewart said. “Any occupants not already evacuated are being advised to shelter in place.”
Firefighters will continue to ascend the structure’s stairwell and check every floor to the top, to evaluate smoke conditions, Stewart said.
No injuries were reported.
According to a news release, the Kaukauna Fire Department responded to an alarm and water flow activation at the two-story complex around 3:30 p.m.
When they arrived, firefighters saw residents evacuating the building, but no visible signs of smoke or flames.
A search, with the assistance of residents, located what had been a small fire on a second-floor balcony.
The fire had been completely extinguished by a single sprinkler head before firefighters arrived.
Fire damage was limited to the exterior of the building.
The sprinkler system prevented the fire from spreading into the attic, significantly minimizing property damage and potentially saving lives, according to firefighters.
The Kaukauna Fire Department also reminded residents to properly dispose of smoking materials in fireproof receptacles.
A fire at the Koch Foods plant in Fairfield, Ohio, caused about $50,000 worth of damage.
The Fairfield Fire Department (FFD) received the first call about the fire at approximately 7:10 a.m. on December 31, reported WLWT. Upon arrival, responders found the fire in a mechanical room on the second floor of the main part of the plant.
According to the fire department, the facility’s sprinkler system had automatically activated when the fire started, which helped prevent further spread of the fire, which was extinguished in about 20 minutes.
The cause of the fire is believed to be a malfunctioning motor in the mechanical room.
No injuries related to the fire were reported.
The FFD received assistance from several nearby fire departments.
The Fairfield plant underwent an expansion in 2022, adding to the company’s existing workforce.
Koch Foods, according to information from the WATTPoultry.com Top Poultry Companies Database, is the sixth largest poultry producer in the United States, having processed 62.10 million pounds of ready to cook chicken during the past year.
Harrison County 911 received reports of smoke and flames coming from Exotic Nails, located near the food court, at approximately 7:50 a.m. Fire crews initially found no signs of fire but discovered smoke and an active sprinkler system during a more thorough investigation.
No injuries were reported, and the extent of the damage to the affected areas is under assessment. It’s believed that the mall’s food court and several stores suffered some water damage.
Bridgeport Fire, Anmoore Fire & EMS, Nutter Fort Fire, Shinnston Fire, and Spelter Fire responded to the call.
The fire that broke out at Humane Society Silicon Valley in Milpitas on Monday morning forced the center to close and discontinue all services while repairs are underway.
There were no injuries, but it has put pet adoptions on hold during one of the busiest times of the year.
On Tuesday afternoon, crews worked outside the complex to clean up what was primarily water damage, according to officials at the shelter.
On Monday morning, a fire inside the ceiling of the center’s laundry room triggered the fire suppression sprinkler system, which caused most of the damage.
It “caused a lot of water damage in our medical clinic as well as in our operations area which is adjacent to the laundry room and has left about half of our building unusable,’ said Nancy Willis, the vice president of strategic growth at the shelter.
Willis said there were just under 100 animals in the shelter at the time of the fire. The Humane Society called in its team of foster families to get many of them offsite and into stable environments while repairs are made to the building.
“Of course, all of the animals were evacuated out of the shelter because we did not know what was going to happen,” Willis said.
The news of the closure came as a surprise to some people who arrived hoping to adopt pets.
“I came today to get a dog for my children,” said Milpitas resident Nico Afuola.
Afuola stopped by the shelter on his lunch hour to try to adopt a dog as a Christmas gift for his family.
“I mean I was kind of bummed out, you know, I wanted to get a dog, but it is OK I will go take a look somewhere else. But this is my first choice,” Afuola said.
The fire also damaged the shelter’s computer servers, interrupting the ability to show online animals available for adoption.
The center plans to reopen its adoption services on Wednesday and believes the community will respond.
“Folks will come in, adopt the animals that we have on our adoption floor now, and we will be able to continue to bring animals in and find loving homes for them,” Willis said.
Milpitas Fire Chief Jason Schoonover said in a statement on Tuesday, “Additional investigation found that the fire appeared to have started in a portion of the building utilized for utility and laundry purposes, prior to spreading to the attic and activating the automatic fire sprinkler protection system.”
He added that while the sprinkler system minimized fire spread, the facility sustained substantial smoke and water damage.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
According to radio transmissions, a report of a fire on the fifth floor of an apartment building at 5410 McGrath Blvd. came in at roughly 10:02 a.m. The fire activated sprinklers and fire alarms and residents of the building were evacuated.
Responding MCFRS crews reported there was light smoke throughout the fifth floor at roughly 10:15 a.m. but the fire had been extinguished by sprinklers. According to transmissions, a small pile of combustibles caught fire.
According to Piringer, the fire was controlled and extinguished by the sprinkler system by roughly 10:40 a.m.
Piringer said there were no injuries, but there was some water damage in the building.
Officials say the fire started in the communal kitchen inside the building. A sprinkler system was deployed and stopped the fire from spreading to the rest of the building. Though stopping the fire, the sprinklers did cause excessive water damage to the building.
One staff member was injured in the fire and was treated for smoke inhalation. They have since been released.
At the time of the fire, there were 10 residents in the building, as well as a pet kitten.
The Albion Fellows Bacon Center is working with the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Holly’s House, and the YWCA of Evansville to continue to shelter people in crisis. The crisis lines of The Albion Fellows Bacon Center are still available to call.
Officials with the crisis intervention center say they are awaiting a fire inspection to see when they will be able to open the building again.
