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Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Sprinkler system limits damage in restaurant fire (Pemberton Township, NJ)

The Best Buffet Chinese restaurant on Broadway will be temporarily closed because of an early morning fire, officials said Tuesday. The blaze began about 2 a.m. Tuesday when several boxes on top of a walk-in freezer caught fire, fire Chief Craig Augustoni said. It was contained by a sprinkler system and caused mostly smoke damage. An investigation into the cause determined the fire was accidental and likely caused by a compressor, Augustoni said.

Manufacturing, Other - Manufacturing

Fire at high-tech optical manufacturer put out by sprinkler system (Middlefield, CT)

Local firefighters were on the scene of a fire at Zygo Corporation in the eastern part of town early Monday. Four people were reportedly evaluated for injuries but declined medical treatment.  NBC Connecticut is reporting that the fire was minor and that it was put out by the sprinkler system inside the business.  Crews were beginning to clear the scene around 6:45 a.m. Monday.

Apartment Building, Residential

Fire marshal credits sprinkler with averting disaster in overnight apartment fire (Grafton, IL)

There were no news trucks outside 100 Forest Lane at 3 a.m. Thursday, no reports of deaths from a terrible fire, no flames filling the darkened skies.

Oh, there was a fire at an apartment at the 10-unit building and there was some damage to an apartment, but by the time firefighters arrived, the blaze was out because a single sprinkler head had been activated and doused the flames. No one was hurt.

Primary / Secondary School, School / University

Sprinkler contains overnight arson fire at elementary school (McAllen, TX)

Suspects broke into an elementary school, sprayed graffiti and started two classrooms on fire early Sunday morning. Firefighters responded to Dr. Pablo Perez Elementary School at 3:17 a.m. and took about 45 minutes to extinguish the fire, McAllen Fire Department Sector Capt. Javier Gutierrez said.

The fire was contained to the rooms with help from the school’s sprinkler system, he said, adding that fire investigators will be on scene at the school Monday to survey the damage. The school is still planning to be open, and the first grade students in the affected classrooms will be temporarily relocated.

 

Other / Not Specified, Other Business

Fire in multi-tenant building contained by sprinkler system (Lombard, IL)

** Fire Department Reported – No Media Coverage **

At approximately 8:15 in the morning on November 14, the fire sprinkler system at a multi-tenant building contained a fire to a single tenant space until fire crews arrived and fully extinguished the fire. The fire, which appears to have begun in a sauna room, was kept from spreading due to the quick response of fire sprinklers.

The fire damage was limited to the immediate area of the sauna room and the proprietor of the facility anticipated they will reopen for business the same day as the fire; the other businesses in the retail center were not affected and will be open as usual.

Equipment and building damage as a result of the fire is estimated to be less than $3000.00. The building owner and business proprietor were on site and began scheduling clean up and repairs before fire crews left the scene.

Apartment Building, Residential

Apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Charleston, MD)

A fire broke out at an apartment in the Alta Chesapeake Ridge community Saturday night.

The Maryland State Fire Marshal Office is investigating the blaze, which occurred in a ground floor unit in building 206 and was reported around 7:50 p.m. on Saturday. Witnesses at the scene reported seeing flames shooting from an exterior wall.

The residential sprinkler system extinguished the blaze by the time firefighters arrived, according to officials.

Retail, Shopping Mall

Sprinkler system contains blaze in early morning mall fire (North Riverside, IL)

A fire ignited inside the loading dock area of the Carson Pirie Scott department store at the North Riverside Park Mall early Wednesday, sending smoke throughout the store and into the main area of the mall.

Fire damage was contained to the loading dock area, which is located on the south side of the store, but Fire Chief Bran Basek said that the ground floor area of Carson’s was “fully charged” with smoke when firefighter arrived shortly after the alarm call came in at about 3:50 a.m. Once the fire was located, it took about 15 to 20 minutes to extinguish the fire, Basek said. The store’s fire sprinkler system was able to keep the fire, which was centered on merchandise stored on racks inside the loading dock, from spreading.

Other / Not Specified, Other Business

Sprinklers contain fire in historic building, two workers rescued (Minneapolis, MN)

Authorities say welding is to blame for a fire at a downtown Minneapolis building Thursday morning.

Fire crews were called to the Ceresota Building on the 500 block of 2nd Street at about 7:30 a.m. When firefighters arrived, heavy black smoke was showing on the eighth floor of a 10-story structure. Crews went into battle the fire from the interior.

Crews were able to put the fire out quickly, and nobody was inside the building at the time of the fire. Authorities say two workers who were not injured in the fire escaped to the roof. They were rescued by emergency personnel.

Fire officials said Friday that the cause of the fire was accidental due to welding. The fire started on the eighth floor and three sprinkler heads went off, holding off the fire until crews arrived.

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Restaurant fire contained by sprinklers, no injuries reported (Oklahoma City, OK)

Nearly 200 people rushed to safety after a fire at Remington Park Friday, officials said. Some thought it was a drill, but they quickly found out it wasn’t.

“We thought it was still a drill until we got outside and all the fire trucks were here,” said one evacuated employee. Officials say Bricktown Brewery at Remington Park employees found a fire in the smoker around 8:30 Friday morning.

“Tried to fight it with a couple of their fire extinguishers, the smoke got a little bit overwhelming for them, so they backed out and called 911,” said Maj. Tammy McKinney, with the Oklahoma City Fire Department. Officials say the employees had practiced fire drills so they knew exactly where they were supposed to go and security made sure everyone was accounted for.

Crews quickly knocked the fire out. The sprinkler system kept it from spreading. “The fire suppression system did its job and so now we just have to do a little bit of cleanup in that area,” said Kym Coch, Remington Park spokeswoman.