A minor fire at an apartment complex was suppressed by the automatic sprinkler system. According to the fire chief, who said the sprinkler system did exactly what it was supposed to do. ***Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by the FOX Carolina and journalist Joseph Pereira, who focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system. ***
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Fire sprinklers help firefighters control blaze at home goods store (Chula Vista, CA)
Sprinklers prove worth in hotel fire (Warrenville, IL)
Waste processing plant fire squelched by fire sprinkler system (Oak Ridge, TN)
Sprinkler system puts out fire at off-campus apartment building (Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA)
Another apartment fire controlled by automatic sprinkler system (Hagerstown, MD)
Fire sprinklers show worth in house fire (Deer Park, IL)
Apartment fire halted by fire sprinkler system (Oro Valley, AZ)
A fire that began on the third floor of an apartment building Wednesday night was brought under control by the unit’s fire sprinkler before fire crews arrived.
Golder Ranch Fire Chief Randy Karrer said, “It is incidents such as these that highlight the importance of sprinkler systems in multi-family dwellings. Without them, the fire could have quickly spread to other units, causing greater damage and an increased threat to lives of the residents.”
Fire sprinklers prove worth in midweek hotel fire (Preston, CT)
Sprinkler system activates to help control parking garage fire below stores, apartments (Berkeley, CA)
Authorities closed the roadway to through-traffic Friday evening on Martin Luther King Jr. Way at University Avenue when a car fire broke out in the parking structure at Trader Joe’s in Berkeley.
Webb said the single-alarm fire was reported at approximately 5:40 p.m. in the garage of Trader Joe’s. The grocery store is on the first floor of a five-story building, and apartments are located above it. Webb said the fire activated the building’s fire sprinkler system as firefighters were arriving.
