Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant St. Augustine, FL – Fire in ballroom at resort hotel quickly put out by sprinkler system May 15, 2016 viking210 Multiple fire crews were called to the World Golf Village Renaissance Resort and Convention Center during an active evacuation Thursday night, fire officials said. Firefighters confirmed that there was a fire in one of the convention ballrooms and found smoke, according to a post on the St. Johns County Fire Rescue Facebook page. Alarms went off inside the hotel at 8:15 p.m. and the sprinkler system promptly put out the fire, officials said. Crews said they had to perform smoke removal, salvage and overhaul. The ballroom did suffer damage, according to officials. No injuries have been reported and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Madison, WI – Laundry fire at Radisson Hotel contained by sprinkler system May 7, 2016 viking210 Guests staying at the Radisson Hotel at 517 Grand Canyon Drive were able to return to their rooms on Friday night after they were temporarily displaced by a small laundry room fire. The Madison Fire Department was called to the hotel around 11:50 p.m. to address smoke that was coming from a utility room on the first floor, according to spokeswoman Amanda Hornung. When firefighters arrived, the carpet outside the first floor laundry room was soaked with water, said Hornung. Officials said that the crew found a moderate level of smoke, but no heat or active fire. Firefighters did report that one sprinkler head had been activated in the laundry room and that the fire was contained to a small area in the room.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Council Bluffs, IA – Attic sprinkler system controls hotel fire caused by lightning strike; No injuries April 28, 2016 viking210 Investigators in Council Bluffs were sent to a hotel fire that was believed to be caused by lightning on Sunday morning. The fire happened at the Value Place hotel and added the building’s fire alarms were not working so guests had to tell each other to evacuate. 86 of the 113 rooms were occupied at the time of the fire, but no one was hurt. There was little damage to the hotel due to a working sprinkler in the attic. However, the hotel will be closed for several weeks because of water and electrical damage.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Fayetteville, NC – Single sprinkler contains fire at Hilton Garden Inn April 26, 2016 viking210 A fire in a laundry area at a Fayetteville hotel injured two people and shut down the hotel on Sunday evening, officials say. The incident happened at 6:38 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, 4025 Sycamore Dairy Road in Fayetteville. Upon arrival, fire crews found that the automatic sprinkler system had extinguished a fire that had started in the commercial dryer in the hotel’s the first floor laundry room, Fayetteville Battalion Chief/Fire Marshal Michael L. Martin said in a press release. One sprinkler head activated as a result of the fire in the four-story building. The fire was contained to the laundry room. An employee and a hotel guest suffered smoke inhalation, Martin said. The guest was transported by ambulance to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center for evaluation. The building sustained minor smoke and water damage. At the decision of the hotel management, the approximately 30 guests staying in the hotel were transferred to a nearby Embassy Suites for Sunday night, according to Martin. The hotel is expected to re-open Monday. The cause of dryer fire is undetermined at this time, Martin said.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Peosta, IA – Hotel fire caused by electric heater/AC unit contained by sprinkler system April 7, 2016 viking210 A late-afternoon fire today forced the temporary closure of a Peosta hotel. Centralia-Peosta firefighters were called to Quality Inn & Suites at about 4:30 p.m. today after a fire was reported. Scanner traffic indicated that the hotel had been evacuated and that smoke was spreading in the bottom floors. Ray Stephan, assistant chief for the Centralia-Peosta Fire Department, said the fire began in a small entryway in a staircase leading to the first floor. “The sprinkler head was going off as we entered the building,” Stephan said. “We found it was a combination electric heater and air conditioning unit that had shorted out and burned.” Nicole Minnihan, a sergeant with the Peosta Police Department, confirmed that guests were present at the time of the fire but said there were no injuries. “Right now, the accommodations (for the guests) are still being worked out,” Minnihan said as of about 5:30 p.m. Stephan said at 6:10 p.m. that the hotel’s status for tonight was “in limbo.” He said hotel staff were pushing to keep the hotel open, but that the establishment could not reopen until sprinklers were back in service. He noted that a pipe was damaged during the fire. Minnihan said the fire was contained to one space inside the hotel, but smoke spread beyond that area to damage other portions of the hotel. She said the fire had been extinguished by 5:15 p.m. In addition to Peosta police and firefighters, officials with the Dubuque County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene. “Everything is still under investigation at this point,” she said.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Prestonsburg, KY – Electrical fire at state park lodge contained by sprinkler system April 1, 2016 viking210 The lodge at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park near Prestonsburg is temporarily closed after a fire late Tuesday. The fire started because of a problem with an electrical panel, according to the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. No injuries were reported, and the sprinkler system contained the fire to a lounge area. The lodge will likely open in a few days after repairs have been made, said Don Parkinson, secretary of the cabinet. The convention center and cabins will remain open
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Richland, WA – Fire in storage room at hotel knocked down by sprinkler system March 29, 2016 viking210 Firefighters have extinguished a fire reported just before noon Easter day at the Shilo Inn in Richland. They arrived to find guests being evacuated, said Richland Battalion Chief Ron Duncan. A space heater in a second-floor maintenance room had malfunctioned and set fire to furniture and walls, he said. Two fire sprinklers activated to control the fire before firefighters arrived and Richland firefighters quickly put it out, he said. The water from the sprinkler system damaged the reception area on the first floor below the maintenance room, but the business remains open, he said. Far more damage could have been caused by the fire if the sprinklers had not activated, he said.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant San Antonio, TX – Storage room fire at Comfort Inn & Suites put out with help from sprinkler system March 28, 2016 viking210 A storage fire at Northwest Side hotel displaced dozens of guests Thursday night, officials said Friday. The incident occurred just before 10 p.m. at the Comfort Inn & Suites found in the 6000 block of Interstate 10 West near Vance Jackson Road. Firefighters said the fire started in a storage room on the top floor of the building. The sprinkler system helped put out the fire. Fire officials said the fire affected about 36 hotel rooms out of a total of 85 in the building. Arson is investigating the cause of the fire.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Huntsville, AL – Sprinkler system keeps overnight hotel fire from spreading; No injuries reported March 28, 2016 viking210 A fire in a Huntsville hotel room caused guests to be evacuated overnight after it activated the business’ sprinkler system. Firefighters were called to InTown Suites Extended-Stay, located just off of University Drive, just before 1:30 a.m. after the fire caused sprinklers on the second floor to go off. Several rooms were left with water damage. The fire was ruled to be accidental and guests and staff were allowed back in the building a short time later.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Oak Ridge, TN – Fire in air conditioning unit at Comfort Inn suppressed by sprinkler system March 23, 2016 viking210 An Oak Ridge hotel that was shuttered after a fire prompted the evacuation of all guests early Saturday morning is expected to reopen either late Monday or early Tuesday, Oak Ridge Fire Marshal Travis Solomon said. The five-story, 112-room Comfort Inn at the corner of Rutgers and Illinois avenues was about 90 percent occupied, mostly with students participating in rowing practice and with off-road enthusiasts, when the fire was reported shortly after 5 a.m. Saturday. The blaze was in an air-conditioning unit at one end of the fourth floor, Solomon said, and the fire department is still trying to determine what ignited the blaze. The hotel’s sprinkler system was activated by the blaze and helped suppress it, he said. “That shows that sprinkler systems, they not only save property, they save lives. It could have been a lot worse.” The fourth-floor hallway was filled with thick black smoke, and firefighters had to assist people disoriented by it and help them down the stairwell, Solomon said. Three people were initially missing during the evacuation, and hotel staff “did a fantastic job determining who was missing and needed to be found.” All were located. One person was evaluated for possible smoke inhalation but didn’t require medical attention. Solomon said hotel personnel found other hotels for the guests. Thirteen firefighters and seven firetrucks responded. The fire department is inspecting the hotel’s fire alarm and sprinkler system, Solomon said.
