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Durham, NC – Fire at hotel contained by fire sprinklers

A fire broke out in a Durham hotel room, but the sprinkler system kept it from damaging the rest of the building, authorities said.

The Durham Fire Department said 33 firefighters responded to Marriott at Research Triangle Park, at 4700 Guardian Drive, after a structure fire was reported around 5:30 a.m. Friday.

When crews went to the room on the second floor, they found smoke but no fire.

The sprinklers put out the fire quickly, authorities said, and damage was limited to the room.

Officials said the hotel has been under construction, and there was a problem with the heater in the room.

People in the hotel were evacuated but were later allowed in the lobby.

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Sparks, NV – Fire sprinklers in motel room prevented fire from spreading to other rooms; No injuries reported

The Sparks Fire Department responded to a motel room fire at the Windsor Inn on Victorian Avenue early this morning. The fire sprinkler system in that room prevented the fire from spreading to any adjoining rooms. The room was unoccupied at the time and under renovation. There were no reported injuries to civilians or fire department personnel and the cause of the fire is currently under investigation. Several other rooms on the first floor sustained water damage from the sprinkler activation.

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Mt. Pleasant, MI – Hotel sprinkler system extinguishes fire in guest room before firefighters arrived; No injuries reported

The Mt. Pleasant Fire Department (MPFD) was dispatched on November 15th, at 7:29 p.m., to a structure fire at the Fairfield Inn on 2525 S. University Park Drive.

Firefighters arrived on the scene and observed heavy smoke coming from a heating unit in Room 218. The room was unoccupied at the time and the sprinkler system within the room extinguished the fire before the firefighters arrived.

The entire building evacuated the premises after the building’s fire alarm went off. There are no reported injuries among the hotel guests, staff, or firefighters.

The MPFD escorted hotel guests to gather their belongings and all guests are being relocated to other properties.

The building’s lobby suffered water damage and Room 218 suffered extensive fire and smoke damage. The cause of the fire remains under investigation at this time.

The Mt Pleasant Fire Department was assisted by the Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Fire Department, the Shepherd Tri-Township Fire Department and Mobile Medical Response.

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San Antonio – Early morning hotel fire extinguished by fire sprinkler system; No injuries reported

Guests at a downtown hotel received an unexpected wake-up call early Tuesday morning when a fire broke out.

The fire started just after 2:30 a.m. at the Valencia Hotel on East Houston and Soledad.

Firefighters say it started in a utility closest on the second floor.

Everyone was evacuated from the building. The sprinkler system put the fire out, preventing any significant damage to the hotel.

Eventually, everyone was allowed back to their rooms.

Arson is now investigating.

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Las Vegas, NV – Fire sprinklers put out fire started at hostel by ex-employee; No injuries reported

A man is in jail after he set fire to a hostel in downtown Las Vegas early Thursday morning and then tried to leave town on a bus, according to Las Vegas Fire and Rescue.

Arson investigators say 32-year-old Idriss Cherifi worked at the Hostel Cat at 1236 S. Las Vegas Boulevard and had been fired earlier in the day for allegedly getting into an altercation with guests.

Firefighters responded to the incident shortly before 4 a.m.

Guests told firefighters a person set fire to the room while four people were sleeping in two bunk beds.

Crews say everyone had evacuated the building and nobody was hurt during the incident.

The fire caused $2,000 damage to personal items and mattresses, but the building was not damaged. Crews say the fire sprinkler system had put most of the fire out.

Cherifi was located by authorities at the Greyhound bus depot downtown and arrested for arson. He had just purchased a ticket and was attempting to leave town, authorities say.

Cherifi is being held at Clark County Detention Center on $20,000 bail.

He is scheduled to appear in court on Friday.

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Honolulu, HI – Stove at hotel sparked fire, extinguished by fire sprinklers; No injuries reported

Honolulu Fire Department investigators determined that a Waikiki hotel fire Thursday was caused by a stove being left on.

HFD Capt. Scot Seguirant said a fire sprinkler system extinguished the fire within minutes after it started at 1:31 p.m. at the 26-story Ilikai Hotel & Luxury Suites at 1777 Ala Moana Blvd.

The first of six units arrived at 1:35 p.m. and found no signs of smoke or fire from the exterior of the building, but discovered the sprinkler system had activated in unit 2338 and extinguished the kitchen fire by 1:39 p.m., Seguirant said.

Two adults and a child were not in the unit at the time of the fire and no one was hurt.

HFD investigators say the fire was accidental. Damage estimates were not available.

Honolulu police closed two makai-bound lanes on Ala Moana Boulevard, between Hobron and Kahanamoku streets, for about two hours because of the fire.

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Vancouver, BC, Canada – Sprinkler system knocks down third floor hotel fire; No injuries reported

A fire forced the evacuation of a Downtown Eastside hotel Saturday morning.

The flames broke out in a suite on the third floor of the Astoria Hotel on East Hastings Street at Hawks Avenue sometime before 9:45 a.m.

“Crews responded to this address for alarm bells ringing,” said battalion chief Dan Nichols of Vancouver Fire Rescue Services. “When they investigated, they found that there was a small fire in one of the suites.”

The fire was contained entirely to possessions within the room and did not spread to the building itself, Nichols said.

“It was mostly knocked down by the sprinkler system, but crews had to do a little bit of overhaul and knock down some of the hotspots,” he said.

No one was injured in the fire. Nichols said some of the suites below the one where it was located may have water damage, but residents were fortunate the building had functioning sprinklers.

“The sprinkler system was running for a while, but it did its job,” he said. “They’re lucky. It’s a good thing. Sprinklers work.”

The Astoria is one of several single resident occupancy (SRO) hotels in the Downtown Eastside operated by the Sahota family.

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Honolulu, HI – Hotel fire sprinkler system keeps fire from spreading; No injuries reported

Honolulu Fire Department investigators have determined that the fire was intentionally set and the investigation has been handed over to the Honolulu Police Department.

Fire officials also provided the estimate of fire damages at $1,765,650 to the building and no injuries were reported for this incident. 

Nearly 60 firefighters rushed to put out a high rise fire in Waikiki on Monday night.

The fire began just after 8:30 p.m. at the Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel on Kalakaua Avenue and was discovered in a storage room on the 14th floor. 

According to the Honolulu Fire Department, fire sprinklers kept the flames from spreading.

Those staying at the hotel told KITV4 that the loud speakers that went off during the fire said, “This is not a drill” and instructed them to stay in their units.

The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage are being investigated.

No injuries have been reported at this time.

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Virginia Beach, VA – Hotel fire contained to single room thanks to sprinkler system

A fire in a room on the 11th floor of a Virginia Beach hotel caused extensive water damage on Sunday.

Fire crews were called to a fire at the Westin Hotel around 9:44 a.m., Battalion Chief William S. Skelaney said.

Crews discovered the fire in a housekeeping room on the hotel’s 11th floor.

The sprinkler system was activated, containing the fire to the room.

It did cause extensive water damage from the 11th floor to the lobby.

Fire crews worked with the building managers to get people back in the hotel, Skelaney said.

Investigators determined the cause of the fire is accidental. 

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Indianapolis, IN – Hotel fire caused by cigarette butt kept in check by sprinkler system; No injuries reported

A fire outside a hotel forced the early Saturday morning evacuation of the Extended Stay America near the Indianapolis airport.

Guests woke up to a fire alarm, smoke and sprinklers. Many people and their wet stuff are looking for somewhere else to stay tonight.

The Wayne Township Fire Department thinks someone discarded a cigarette butt in the bushes outside the hotel that started a fire that displaced some 200 people staying at the hotel.

“I was laying in the bed and the smoke was coming in the window,” said Scott Beckham, a construction worker from Florida who has lived at the hotel for about two months. “Then the alarms went off and they told everybody to evacuate.”

Firefighters quickly knocked down the flames, but not before the fire leaped into the attic and set off the sprinklers.

“I never really felt super in danger once firefighter staff and stuff got here,” said hotel guest Autumn Heidenthal.

No guests were injured but the building suffered extensive damage, including standing water in several hallways and rooms. 

“Just smoky and everything,” said Beckham, whose room is right above where the fire started. “The ceiling fell down in my room from the water damage.”

Heidenthal has lived at the hotel for a couple months during a summer internship. Her PT Cruiser was parked right by the fire and was covered in dusty debris. Most of that was washed away when she returned to the hotel after a car wash.

“I’m really lucky my car still runs, still drives,” said Heidenthal. “It just needed a little bit of a cleanup. That’s just about the bulk of it. At first, I thought, ‘Oh my gosh! Did my car start the fire?’ because where the flames were from my angle it looked like it was right by my car.”

Heidenthal doesn’t smoke cigarettes and she was asleep in her room when someone’s cigarette apparently ignited a burning bush.

102 of the 105 rooms at the Extended Stay America were occupied, some by people in town for Gen Con. The American Red Cross of Indiana was on hand to provide shelter if needed.