Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Table and chairs catch fire at restaurant, sprinkler systemsuccessfully activates (Charleston, WV) February 27, 2012 viking210 Firefighters responded to an alarm at the Chop House Restaurant at Charleston Town Center late Sunday night, a spokesman for the Charleston Fire Department said this morning. A table and chairs had caught fire and triggered the sprinkler system, he said.
Other / Not Specified, Other Business Sprinkler system aids firefighters at commercial building fire (Petaluma, CA) February 27, 2012 viking210 The building’s fire sprinkler system activated during the fire, but firefighters were unable to provide additional water to the system because of the theft of the fire department connection. Despite zero visibility smoke conditions, the fire was quickly extinguished.
Retail, Shopping Mall Sprinkler system kept mall fire in check until firefighters arrived (Columbus. GA) February 27, 2012 viking210 Officials say the fire started in the employee area of Gymboree. They say it started when an air ventilation fan caught boxes on fire. The sprinkler system was activated.
Apartment Building, Residential Automatic sprinkler system contains apartment kitchen fire, no one was home (Navarre, FL) February 27, 2012 viking210 The fire started when a moving box was placed on the stove and a burner was accidentally turned on. No one was home at the time of the fire. “For the most part, we just had to do some final extinguishing, major part was put out by sprinkler system,” Holley-Navarre Fire Chief Ron Norton said.
Apartment Building, Residential Mother charged after apartment fire with her two children at home, sprinkler system credited with containing fire (Laurel, MD) February 27, 2012 viking210 A Laurel mother was arrested and charged this afternoon after firefighters found her unconscious and her two young children wet from the spray of the sprinklers in their Main Street apartment.
Department Store, Retail Sprinkler system aids firefighters at a Macy’s laundry room fire (Temecula, CA) February 27, 2012 viking210 A fire started in the wall of a laundry room at a Macy’s store but was quickly extinguished, aided by a sprinkler system, officials said. No one was injured in the fire.
Apartment Building, Residential No Injuries in High-Rise Apartment Fire Contained by Sprinklers (Elgin, IL) February 27, 2012 viking210 A sprinkler system helped keep a fire that started in a ninth-floor apartment from spreading to other units of the 10-story building Saturday afternoon, Elgin fire officials said.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Sprinkler system helps control warehouse fire (Murray, UT) February 24, 2012 viking210 Murray firefighters are crediting a sprinkler system with preventing a late-night warehouse blaze from causing major damage. No injuries were reported.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Sprinkler system keeps restaurant kitchen fire in check, minor damagereported (Gilroy, CA) February 24, 2012 viking210 The building’s sprinkler system kept the fire in check before the fire department arrived, allowing only minor damage that was mostly confined to the stove itself. The fire was caused by burning grease on the stove. The restaurant is one occupant of the building, a two-story structure that has several tenants. The fire did not spread to any other tenants.
Other Business, Place of Worship Church damage from arson minimal, sprinkler system extinguished fire (Snellville, GA) February 24, 2012 viking210 “This is a prime example of the effectiveness of fire sprinklers inside buildings,” Gwinnett Fire Capt. Tommy Rutledge said.
