Category Archives: Hotel / Motel

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Sprinkler system assists firefighters douse hotel fire (San Diego, CA)

April 27, 2014 viking210

A fire began on the third floor of a hotel on Wednesday evening when a couch caught on fire. The hotel’s fire sprinkler system went off, and firefighters reported that the sprinklers quick action kept the fire damage to a minimum. The fire’s cause is under investigation.

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Fire sprinklers keep fire from spreading in high rise hotel (Atlantic City, NJ)

April 19, 2014 viking210

An electrical fire erupted on the 57th floor of the Tropicana Hotel at about 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 17. Firefighters tracked the fire to a hotel bathroom and found that the sprinkler system contained the fire; they extinguished the remaining flames. Residents were able to evacuate safely, and no injuries were reported.

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Sprinkler system extinguishes fire at hotel (Halifax, NS)

April 19, 2014 viking210

On the afternoon of Thursday, April 17, a fire began in a hotel room on the fourth floor. The fire, which fire officials are saying is suspicious, was put out by the room’s fire sprinklers. No injuries were reported, and the fire’s official cause is being investigated.

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Hotel fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Houston, TX)

April 8, 2014 viking210

A small fire broke out on the third floor of a hotel at about 2:30 a.m. The resident of the room quickly evacuated the room and asked bystanders to notify 911. By the time fire crews arrived, the fire had been extinguished by the room’s fire sprinklers. There were no injuries reported.

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Sprinkler system limits damage at country club fire (Hoover, AL)

March 28, 2014 viking210

A little after 9:30 p.m., firefighters responded to a fire at a country club. The flames, which started on the loading dock of the club, traveled into the building’s attic, where the fire sprinklers activated and contained the fire .

“The fire was under control within 15 minutes,” Hoover Fire Department Executive Director Rusty Lowe said.

The cause of the fire appears to be accidental. This is not the first fire that the clubhouse has suffered, however; in 2007, the same country club was destroyed in a fire.

“When the clubhouse was rebuilt, it was built to current code that required the modernized fire suppression system,” Lowe said. “Had it not been for the sprinklers the fire might have spread extensively throughout the attic.”

No injuries were reported.

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Hotel fire contained by sprinkler system (Hawley, PA)

February 17, 2014 viking210

A fire began on the roof of a hotel on Friday evening around 10:30 p.m. The hotel, which was booked to capacity, had a fire sprinkler system installed, which contained the fire. All of the hotel’s occupants were able to evacuate safely.

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Hotel room cooking fire extinguished by fire sprinkler system (Chesapeake, VA)

January 30, 2014 viking210

No injuries were reported after a fire damaged a hotel room at the Extended Stay America.  Chesapeake firefighters were called to the scene about 7:45 p.m. and found heavy smoke coming from the second floor of the hotel, according to a news release.  The automatic fire sprinkler system inside the building was able to extinguish the room fire, the news release said. The cause of the fire appeared to be unattended cooking.

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Fire sprinkler puts out fire at hotel (Rocky Mount, NC)

January 15, 2014 viking210

Fire sprinklers stopped an early morning fire from spreading at a Doubletree Hotel on Wednesday, January 15. One of the hotel’s guest smelled smoke at about 6 a.m. and pulled the a fire alarm. When fire crews arrived, they found a small amount of smoke coming from a fourth floor room that was unoccupied. In response to the heat from the fire, the room’s fire sprinklers had activated, which kept the fire from spreading. Investigators believe the fire began because of an electrical malfunction near the heating unit in the fourth floor room. No one was injured in the incident.

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Sprinklers squelch hotel clubhouse fire (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL)

January 9, 2014 viking210

Investigators are still looking into the cause of a fire which began in a hotel clubhouse on Wednesday afternoon. Fire crews arrived to the clubhouse after receiving reports of a fire; upon entering the building, they found no fire or smoke thanks to the building’s fire sprinklers, which put out the flames prior to their arrival. There were no injuries reported.

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Casino fire squelched by fire sprinklers (Santa Maria, CA)

December 30, 2013 viking210

A fire which began in the cardboard baler room at the Chumash Casino and Resort on Saturday morning brought fire crews to put out the blaze. When the firefighters arrived, they found that the casino’s fire sprinkler system had activated in the cardboard baler room and had completely put the fire out. There were no injuries and only minor damage was reported.