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Sprinkler system extinguishes fire at Montessori School (Fremont, CA)
Sprinkler system helps to save commercial laundry business from early morning fire (Grand Junction, CO)
Fire crews responded to a commercial laundry and linen service, about 1:10 a.m. and found an active fire inside a large bin containing clean rags and mop head, Battalion Chief John Williams said.
A fire sprinkler immediately adjacent to the burning bin activated, helping to keep the fire from spreading to other bins and pallets. Williams credited the fire alarm and sprinkler systems for alerting the Fire Department and keeping the fire in check, limiting the damage.
Arson fire at emergency shelter extinguished by sprinkler system (Saskatoon, SK)
Christmas tree fire at country club contained by sprinkler system (Milwaukee, WI)
Clothes dryer fire in apartment controlled with help from sprinkler system (Cookeville, TN)
Christmas tree fire extinguished by sprinkler system (North Vancouver, BC)
Fire at manufacturing plant halted by sprinkler system (Lititz, PA)
A fire broke out at a manufacturing plant that makes over 2,500 products, including rodent traps, on Wednesday morning. The flames began close to a piece of machinery which makes papier-mache items, and two employees attempted to put them out with a fire extinguisher. When this proved unsuccessful, the heat from the fire activated the building’s fire sprinkler, containing the blaze until fire crews arrived.
According to Lititz Fire Company Deputy Chief Mike Smith, the fire could have easily spread to other area of the building through oven ducts if the sprinkler system had not been turned on.
No injuries were reported.
Sprinklers save lives and property in assisted living facility fire (Rochester, NY)
Fire extinguished by sprinklers at high rise (Fargo, ND)
** Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by the INFORUM and Archie Ingersoll, who focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system**