Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Fire sprinklers credited with extinguishing hotel fire (Kiawah Island, SC) March 31, 2013 viking210 Guests who were staying at the Sanctuary Hotel were evacuated when a fire began in the hotel’s storage room. The sprinkler system extinguished the fire keeping the damage to that single room. No injuries were reported. “Fire sprinklers have proven themselves yet again as an invaluable tool to improve property and life safety,” said Fire Marshal Mike Julazadeh. “A single fire sprinkler head activated and controlled the fire until the fire department arrived.”
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Fire in fifth-floor hotel room extinguished by sprinkler system (Pittsburgh, PA) February 12, 2013 viking210 Pittsburgh firefighters responded to a fire in a fifth-floor room of an Upper Hill District hotel shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday. Sprinklers at the hotel extinguished the fire, and no one was injured, according to an Allegheny County emergency dispatcher. The county’s 911 center received the call at 11:06 and firefighters reported that the fire was out 15 minutes later.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Hotel room fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Yuma, AZ) January 15, 2013 viking210 Sprinklers put out a stove-top fire in a room at a Yuma hotel Saturday afternoon before firefighters arrived. Yuma Fire Department spokesman Mike Erfert said arriving YFD personnel found there had been a fire in a fourth-floor of the hotel and that the sprinkler head near the fire had activated and extinguished the fire. The fire was caused by a pan of oil left heating on the stove by the room’s occupant. Erfert said the fire damage was limited to the immediate area around and above the stove-top. There were no injuries.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Hotel fire extinguished thanks to sprinkler system (Charleston, WV) December 11, 2012 viking210 Arson was the cause of the fire that broke out in a Charleston hotel on Saturday, December 1. An occupant of the hotel started his sheets and towels on fire in his hotel room, and the unit’s fire sprinklers quickly put out the fire before fire crews arrived to the scene.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinkler system controls fire at Value Place hotel (Fort Walton Beach, FL) November 27, 2012 viking210 The Value Place hotel at the corner of Racetrack Road and Eglin Parkway was evacuated after a small fire started in a room on the second floor about 4:20 p.m. Monday. Someone had placed a box on top of a stove burner and then turned the burner on. The box caught fire and activated the hotel’s sprinkler system, which put out the fire, said Capt. Jeff Wagner with the Ocean City-Wright Fire Department.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinklers contain hotel fire to room of origin (Reno, NV) November 23, 2012 viking210 Fire crews are investigating a fire that broke out inside the Ponderosa Hotel in south Reno on Thanksgiving morning. The fire started just after 10:30am on the third floor of the South Virginia Street hotel. The fire was contained to the one room, whichwas locked at the time the fire started, though no one was inside. Firefighters say a few guests on third floor were evacuated as a precaution. The fire activated the building’s sprinkler system. No one was hurt.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Hotel safely evacuated after electrical fire thanks to sprinkler system (Fort Wayne, IN) November 8, 2012 viking210 Occupants of the Fort Wayne Marriott evacuated safely after an electrical fire broke out in a second floor room. According to Fort Wayne Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Pinkham, the fire was confined to a second floor room on the hotel’s west side. Pinkham said the building’s sprinkler system put the fire out, saving a large portion of the building from catching fire.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Fire in hotel laundry room extinguished by sprinklers (Vineland, NJ) October 15, 2012 viking210 A small fire occurred at the Hampton Inn. Luckily, the building’s sprinkler system took care of the fire. According to Lt. David Bell, the fire department is unsure if it was a dryer malfunction or the clothes in the dryer that caused the incident.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinkler system contains hotel fire (Forest Grove, OR) September 17, 2012 viking210 A cigarette is to blame for a fire at the Best Western Hotel in Forest Grove on Sunday afternoon. Officials said the building’s fire sprinkler system activated and stopped that fire from spreading to the rest of the hotel.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Fire extinguished by sprinkler system at long-term hotel (Vancouver, WA) August 27, 2012 viking210 Capt. Dave James with the Vancouver Fire Department said the sprinkler system was able to contain the fire until the fire department got there. This is the second fire put out by a sprinkler system in the past week. Residents were safely evacuated.
