Category Archives: Government/Military

Sprinklers do their job after lighting causes fire at Old Town Hall (Exeter, NH)

 
 

Sprinkler system contains fire at Royal Canadian Mint (Ottawa, ON)

There are no injuries and no burned money after a fire at the Royal Canadian Mint’s facility in Winnipeg. Spokesperson Christine Aquino says employees were evacuated safely and production resumed within a few hours. The Winnipeg fire department says the fire was caused by overheated electrical equipment, and was contained by the building’s sprinkler system.

Sprinkler system keeps damage to a minimum after fire at City Hall (Fitchburg, MA)

City Hall on Main Street will be open for business as usual after a fire about 5 this morning in the Veterans Room on the first floor.  Deputy Chief John C, Curran said the cause of the fire was a problem with the heating/air conditioning unit. He said a sprinkler in the room activated and doused the fire, keeping the damage minimal.  No one was hurt.

Sprinkler system extinguishes prison wood shop fire (Lincoln, NE)

A sprinkler system doused a fire at a wood shop on the Nebraska State Penitentiary campus early Saturday, a fire official said. The flames erupted inside the building at Nebraska 2 and Pioneers Boulevard just after 2 a.m., setting a number of furniture items ablaze. Steve Dolezal, acting battalion chief for Lincoln Fire and Rescue, said the fire was a minor event and some crews were back in service soon after making their way to the shop.