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.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinklers contains basement fire at historical hotel (Prescott, AZ) August 27, 2012 viking210 A sprinkler put out a fire that started in the hotel’s basement and kept it from reaching an oiled hardwood floor in the room directly above, according to Prescott Fire Department Fire Investigator Len DeJoria. Fire sprinklers were critical in saving the building and the lives of the people inside,Prescott Fire Battalion Chief said.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinkler system extinguishes hotel fire (Tampa, FL) August 20, 2012 viking210 A three-alarm fire at a downtown hotel was extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system. The hotel was successfully evacuated after the fire was reported in a sixth-floor room and no injuries were reported. The fire was caused by an accidental electrical failure, Tampa Fire Rescue said.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Hotel utility room fire contained by sprinkler system (West Yellowstone, MT) August 9, 2012 viking210 “A water heater was the cause of the fire,” HBFD Assistant Fire Chief Shane Grube said. The pan on the bottom of a water heater in the hotel’s utility room got too close to the floor, which caused the fire. “The sprinklers began to discharge in the utility room and after some investigating, we found the burn pattern was underneath the water heater,” Waldron said. “The floor was burned completely down through. And it was the sprinkler system that really had done its job,” Grube said.
