Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinkler system puts out fire at DoubleTree hotel (Tucson, AZ) October 17, 2014 viking210 An afternoon fire began on the sixth floor of a hotel on October 16. The hotel was equipped with fire sprinklers, which activated in the room where the fire began and suppressed the flames. The cause of the fire is under investigation, and the Tucson Fire Department is unsure if anyone was in the hotel room when the fire broke out. No injuries were reported.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Super 8 Motel fire extinguished by automatic fire sprinkler system (San Antonio, TX) October 5, 2014 viking210 A fire forced evacuations at a motel on San Antonio’s Southeast Side Friday morning. Two rooms were destroyed at the Super 8 in the 700 block of Hot Wells Boulevard near Interstate 37, a San Antonio Fire Department representative said. Hotel staff evacuated everyone in the motel and the sprinkler system kicked on well before firefighters arrived. Firefighters say the fire was actually out before they even got there. They went around checking for hot spots and called a second alarm as a precautionary measure. No one was hurt. Fire department investigators have ruled the fire accidental.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinkler system assists firefighters at hotel fire (Sioux Falls, SD) July 21, 2014 viking210 Firefighters responded to a fire at a hotel at 9:30 on Thursday, July 17. The three-story hotel’s fire began in a clothes dryer in the hotel’s first floor. The hotel’s occupants evacuated safely while the sprinkler system went off and kept the fire from spreading further. The fire was put out within 10 minutes. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinklers keep fire from spreading at hotel (Houston, TX) July 17, 2014 viking210 When a fire ignited in an extended stay hotel on Wednesday night around 10 p.m., the hotel’s fire sprinkler system extinguished the flames. All of the residents were able to evacuate safely, and no injuries were reported.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Fire put out by sprinkler system at hotel (Toronto, ON) July 7, 2014 viking210 One of the guests of a hotel caused a small electrical fire, which in turn alerted firefighters to respond to the scene at around 2 a.m. Fire sprinklers activated upon the flames, putting them out. The hundreds of hotel guests evacuated without injury, and the suspect has been charged with mischief.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Fire contained by sprinkler system at hotel (Colorado Springs, CO) June 25, 2014 viking210 The fire which erupted in a hotel on Tuesday at around 9 a.m. was under control by 9:30 a.m., thanks in part to the hotel’s fire sprinkler system. Hotel guests were able to evacuate safely, and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant 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.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant 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.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant 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.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant 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.
