An early morning fire at a concession stand in Santander Stadium was extinguished Saturday with little damage done, said York City Fire Department Chief David Michaels. A compressor in the cooling unit of the first-base-side concession stand overheated and caught fire around 6 a.m., Michaels said. He said the fire was contained by the park’s sprinkler system. The damage was minimal enough that planned events at Santander Stadium were able to go on as normal on Saturday, he said.
“If not for the sprinkler, it would have been a totally different outcome,” Michaels said. “It could have been a significant fire.”
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Sprinkler system saves manufacturing plant from sustaining major damage (Thomasville, NC)
A sprinkler system saved a manufacturing plant from sustaining major damage, said Robbie Binkley, battalion chief for the Thomasville Fire Department. Rocky Watts, division chief of code enforcement/fire marshal for the TFD, said the plant housed 100 gallons of sulfuric acid mixed with water in a chemical open system. He explained the fire was around the system. Watts said it appears the fire was a result of a shortage in the electrical wiring in the heating element of a chemical holding tank. There was no structural damage and minimal smoke damage, the battalion chief reported.
A fire destroyed the same business 10 years ago, at which time it did not have a sprinkler system, he said. The sprinkler system “kept the fire in check and saved the building,” Binkley said. Watts said the company cleans racing parts and places a coating on them.
Fire sprinkler system extinguished industrial fire at recycling plant (Sidney, OH)
Sprinklers keep fire from spreading at hotel (Houston, TX)
Apartment fire knocked down by sprinklers (Yuma, AZ)
Sprinklers prove effectiveness in senior living facility fire (Venice, FL)
Fire sprinklers prove worth in college dormitory fire (Burlington, VT)
Fire departments responded to a fire at a college dormitory at about 2:45 a.m. on Thursday. The apartment, which was being renovated, was saved from extensive fire damage by the installed fire sprinkler system. The sprinklers, upon activation from the heat of the fire, then automatically alerted the local emergency response units. The fire was extinguished within ten minutes. Investigators have deemed the fire as arson.
Apartment fire halted by sprinkler system (Chesapeake, VA)
Residential fire sprinklers protect lives and property from fire (Prescott, AZ)
An afternoon fire erupted in a single family home on July 1st. The residents of the home were not aware that their home was on fire until a neighbor notified them. The fire, which began in the garage, had reached the ceiling when the residents first saw it; however, the installed fire sprinkler activated on the fire, and by the time the fire department arrived, the fire was out.
The estimated loss from the fire was $1,000, and an estimated $600,000 in building and contents were saved thanks to the fire sprinkler system. The cause of the fire was overheated batteries which were being charged on a work bench. No injuries occurred in the incident.
Sprinklers make the difference in apartment fire (Plano, TX)
During the early hours of Tuesday, a grill caught fire on a second story apartment balcony. Before fire crews arrived to the scene, the apartment’s fire sprinkler system activated upon the flames and put them out. Upon being questions by fire investigators, residents of the apartment reported that the grill malfunctioned and ignited surrounding items on fire. No other part of the apartment had damage from the fire.
Fire Chief Brian Crawford said about the incident, “This is an example of a fire that exemplifies why it’s so important to have these codes in place. Had the apartment and it’s balcony not been fitted with residential fire sprinklers, this fire had the potential to grow much larger and affect many residents. Plano is fortunate to have a large number of apartment complexes with fire sprinklers.”
