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Chicago, IL – Fire sprinkler system keeps hotel fire contained to single room; No injuries reported

A fire broke out Thursday evening in a room at the luxury Hotel Felix in River North.

The Fire Department called a still-and-box alarm for the fire in Room 313 at the Hotel Felix, at 111 W. Huron St. Numerous fire units rushed to the scene.

The fire was confined to one room and was held in check by an automatic sprinkler that was set off, the Fire Department said.

Fire crews easily extinguished the blaze, and no one was injured.

The 225-room Hotel Felix opened in 2009. Its building dates from 1926, but was renovated with organic materials and renewable resources, according to the hotel website.

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Hilton Head Island, SC – Fire sprinkler system contains fire to dishwasher at local resort; No injuries reported

A dishwasher was the source of a fire that started Saturday night in a villa unit at Hilton Head Resort, according to Hilton Head Island Rescue spokeswoman Joheida Fister.

It appeared to be a failure of the equipment, she said.

No one was injured in the fire that started about 7:30 p.m.

The building’s fire sprinkler system was activated and kept the fire contained to the dishwasher, she said.

The unit did sustain water damage but little fire damage.

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Orlando, FL – Fire caused by hair straightener kept in check by fire sprinklers; No injuries reported

A hotel near SeaWorld Orlando was evacuated Thursday after a hair straightener sparked a fire in one of the rooms, according to Orange County Fire Rescue.

The fire happened at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld hotel off Sea Harbor Drive.

A hair straightener was left on in the bathroom of a seventh floor guest room, according to fire officials.

The sprinkler in the bathroom extinguished the fire, preventing damage in other parts of the guest room, firefighters said. Several rooms on the lower floors had water damage.

More than 1,000 hotel guest were evacuated as a precaution. No injuries were reported.

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Sacramento, CA – Fourth-floor hotel fire contained by fire sprinklers; No injuries reported

A cooking fire forced the Shasta Hotel on 10th Street to evacuate Monday afternoon.

According to a Sacramento Fire spokesperson, the fire started on the fourth-floor kitchen area, activating the sprinkler heads.

Some residents evacuated when the fire alarm went off, but all were forced to evacuate.

Firefighters said the damage from the fire was minimal, but the water from sprinklers and hoses caused flooding on the fourth floor and the lower floors as well.

Crews remained at the hotel after the fire was extinguished to help with evacuations and water cleanup.

No injuries were reported in the fire.

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Lexington, KY – Hotel fire kept in check by sprinkler system; No injuries reported

A fire led to an evacuation of a Lexington Hotel Friday evening.

It happened around 10 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel on Athens-Boonesboro Road, near Interstate 75.

Firefighters say the fire started around the pool and fitness area, but the sprinkler system kept it from spreading too far.

Firefighters say it caused minimal damage to the building. The hotel was evacuated but guests were allowed back inside shortly after.

No injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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Fargo, ND – Sprinkler system puts out fire started by malfunctioning hotel water heater

A fire scare at Days Inn & Suites near Hector International Airport in Fargo.

A water heater malfunctioned and started on fire.

Guests were evacuated while fire crews were called to the hotel around 4 Sunday afternoon.

Days Inn operators tell us the sprinkler system put the fire out and it didn’t spread.

The hotel is without hot water until the water heater can be replaced.

That was expected to happen yet tonight.

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Yuma, AZ – Sprinkler system suppresses mattress fire at hotel; Second sprinkler save in 36 hours in Yuma

On Thursday July 11, 2019, at 7:00 am a fire alarm was received from the San Carlos Hotel, 106 East 1st Street. Yuma Fire Department personnel arrived to find the building being evacuated and reports of smoke in the hallway of the 3rd floor. Firefighters found the smoke was coming from room 302 and that a mattress in that room had been on fire. A fire sprinkler head had activated and extinguished the fire. YFD personnel confirmed the fire was out and began the process of removing the smoke and water from the affected floor.

The adult male occupant of the room was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and transported to Yuma Regional Medical Center for further evaluation. Another occupant of the building was evaluated for a fall that occurred during the evacuation but further treatment was not required. The American Red Cross assisted displaced building residents while firefighters and building management worked to ready affected apartments to be reoccupied.

The fire damage was limited to a mattress and a portable air conditioning unit in the room where the fire started. Additional apartments on the floor were affected by water flow. Residents from unaffected apartments were able to return right away but clean-up work was still being done to allow for all apartments to be reoccupied. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

This is the 2nd fire sprinkler save in the past 36 hours here in Yuma and the 3rd fire sprinkler save at the San Carlos Hotel since 2017.

Fire sprinkler systems can keep fires from spreading and can also extinguish them. Fire spreads quickly and can double in size every minute. Even small fires can cause significant damage to property and endanger those nearby. Contrary to many Hollywood portrayals, only sprinkler heads directly exposed to the heat activate, not those in the rest of the room, building, or complex. Sprinkler systems save lives and protect property.

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Annaville, TX – Motel room fire contained to one room thanks to fire sprinklers; No injuries reported

Fire investigators are looking into what started a fire in a motel room.

According to Robin McGill with the Corpus Christi Fire Department, the fire started around 5:30 a.m. on a bed at the Motel 6 on the 6300 block of Interstate 37 and Valero Way.

Luckily, the fire set off the sprinklers in the room. The sprinklers kept the fire contained to one room and put out the flames before they could spread to other rooms.

No one was injured.

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Ridgefield, CT – Hotel fire controlled by sprinkler system; No injuries reported

The cause of a fire that broke out at the Days Inn by Wyndham on Route 7 Thursday night is under investigation.

It all started around 10:40 p.m., when an automatic fire alarm went off at the 34-guestroom hotel at 296 Ethan Allen Highway.

The Days Inn has a Ridgefield address, but Redding firefighters were first to respond.

While en route to the scene, dispatch informed them that smoke was coming from the hotel and had activated the sprinkler system.

A working fire was discovered in one of the rooms around 10:50 p.m., and mutual aid from Ridgefield was requested. Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department also responded.

Ridgefield sent two engines and an ambulance, said Ridgefield Fire Chief Jerry Myers.

West Redding Engine 1 stretched a single hose-line into the building and the fire was contained to the unit.

The fire was knocked down shortly after 11 p.m.

Firefighters shut off the hotel’s alarm and sprinkler systems, and started clearing the scene around 11:06 p.m.

There were no reported injuries.

Ridgefield and West Redding Fire Marshal Mickey Grasso is investigating the cause of the fire, but he could not be reached for comment Monday morning.

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Ocean City, MD – Single fire sprinkler extinguishes fire at hotel restaurant, minimizing fire damage

A properly functioning sprinkler system is being credited this week for saving a restaurant in a beachfront hotel early Tuesday morning.

Around 4 a.m. on Tuesday, the Ocean City Fire Department (OCFD) was dispatched to a fire alarm activation indicating a fire sprinkler waterflow at the Castle in the Sand Hotel. While firefighters were responding to the initial call, a second call came in minutes later from hotel staff advising they had investigated the source of the fire alarm activation and could see fire burning in a restaurant in the basement of the lodging establishment.

When firefighters arrived, they found the alarm system sounding and the hotel occupants evacuating. Hotel staff directed OCFD responders to the basement where they found a single fire sprinkler had discharged and extinguished the fire, limiting damage to a small area in the rear of the restaurant. Ocean City Fire Marshal David Hartley credited the hotel’s working and updated fire suppression system for preventing further damage and potential injury.

“A properly functioning fire sprinkler system saved lives and property at the Caste in the Sand this morning,” he said on Tuesday. “The hotel’s diligence in servicing and maintaining its fire protection systems ensured that everything worked properly, which limited the damage and ensured the safe evacuation of hotel occupants.”

Once the fire was suppressed and safety was ensured, hotel occupants returned to their rooms within about 30 minutes of the initial call. The Beach House restaurant in the Castle in the Sand is expected to return to normal business following a brief cleanup.

Fire Marshal’s Office investigators have ruled the cause of the fire as accidental and attributed it to the spontaneous combustion of laundered, cooking oil-saturated cleaning rags, a scenario deemed fairly common in restaurants.

“This phenomenon is unfortunately a common occurrence in commercial kitchens,” said Hartley. We often see fires that begin due to cleaning towels that have soaked up vegetable-based cooking oils and spontaneously ignite, even after being properly washed and dried.”

As a result, the Ocean City Fire Marshal’s Office is encouraging restaurant employees to minimize the likelihood of a spontaneous ignition incident by ensuring dryer cooling and tumbling cycles are utilized, towels are spread out to minimize pile sizes and also by storing clean and dirty towels in non-combustible hampers or other containers.