According to officials, reports of smoke in the resort’s spa area prompted the call to emergency crews who found a waste paper basket fire upon arrival.
The building’s fire protection sprinkler/early detection system helped contain the fire before it could be extinguished by WKFR firefighters.
An investigation determined the small fire was started by spontaneous combustion due to the improper disposal of oil soaked rags and concluded.
It’s not being considered as suspicious.
The Normal Fire Department was called to the hotel just after 7:30 a.m. for a report of a fire in the Caffeina’s Marketplace Cafe.
Hotel operations were unaffected by the blaze.
Heavy damage was reported to the cafe itself and water damage throughout the lobby. A dollar estimate of damage was not available by Thursday afternoon.
No injuries were reported in the incident, according to the NFD.
An employee attempted to use a fire extinguisher but the hotel’s sprinkler system was activated to slow the spread of the fire, according to a release by the NFD.
An alarm sounded and hotel employees assisted guests to evacuate safely.
The NFD reported the atrium smoke evacuation system activated and began rapidly ventilating the smoke from the atrium while firefighters pulled hoses into the building to extinguish the fire. The fire was deemed out in about 25 minutes. Firefighters searched and extinguished hot spots and used tools to open up the ceiling space and some of the wall spaces within the café to look for fire hidden in the void spaces.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
Firefighters found smoke in the first floor hallway of the hotel and began an offensive attack. The city said the fire was under control very quickly, thanks in part to the hotel’s automatic sprinkler system that had activated and stopped the fire from spreading.
Other areas of the hotel had some minor smoke and water damage. The city said there are no damage estimates at this time.
All the people in the hotel were able to self-evacuate, and one person was assessed by paramedics on scene but did not need to go to the hospital. There were no other injuries reported.
Police confirmed that the fire was a result of arson.
A fire last night at the Sandman Inn and Suites left 65 people without a place to sleep.
Around 8:20 p.m., Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) was called to the hotel (which also has apartments), says Platoon Capt. Troy Grant.
“Arriving a couple of blocks away, we could see flames on the roof of the building,” he tells KamloopsMatters. “The fire was in the attic and going through the roof in a couple of spots.”
KFR was able to quickly knock the fire down, using hoses from the outside and a ladder truck. They did have to remove a six-foot-by-12-foot section of the roof to get to it.
No injuries were reported, but the building remained empty overnight.
“65 residents were displaced,” Grant says. “Those have been taken care of by emergency support services.”
He adds that some will likely be able to return to their homes tonight, but others won’t be so lucky. The fourth floor, where the fire took place, has apartments, he adds. Along with some smoke damage and the removed section of the roof, he says there’s extensive water damage in some units, and likely more below.
“The cause of fire was in the attic itself; it appears electrical in nature,” Grant says. “The fire was kept small by the sprinkler system — the sprinklers were on for some time.”
Because of that, the roof collapsed in one unit and is sagging in others.
While the fire was knocked down relatively quickly, Grant says KFR stayed on the scene for a couple of hours to help guests and residents move out of the building.
The March 1 grease fire began around 5:30 a.m. in the kitchen of the hotel located at 159 Gateway Boulevard in Mooresville.
“Although the hood suppression system activated, the fire spread to nearby cardboard boxes but was successfully extinguished by the building’s fire sprinkler system when three sprinkler heads activated,” and put the fire out before firefighters arrived on the scene, Mooresville Fire-Rescue said Monday morning in a statement.
Damage was limited to a small area of the kitchen, according to fire officials, who say the incident is a reminder to stay vigilant about fire safety when traveling.
“According to the US Fire Administration, each year, there are an estimated 3,900 hotel and motel fires that cause 15 deaths, 100 injuries, and $100 million in property losses,” MFR said. The hotel has a fire sprinkler system because building codes required it at the time it was built in 2007.
Crews were dispatched shortly after 10 a.m. to the hotel at 1111 E. Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara City Fire Chief Eric Nickel told Noozhawk.
The fire was on the roof in an area of the hotel being remodeled, Nickel said, adding that when firefighters arrived, they found workers attempting to put out the blaze.
The fire likely was caused by the roofers, Nickel said, noting that a propane tank and a hot torch were found near the ignition point.
Firefighters used a ladder truck to make access to the roof, and pulled apart some of the roofing material to gain access to the flames.
The fire was declared under control at 10:52 a.m., Nickel said.
He noted that the flames were kept in check by the hotel’s sprinkler system.
“With the building under construction and the walls all opened up, we could have lost the whole thing if not for the sprinklers,” he said.
Crews searched the first and second floors of the affected area to make sure everyone was out, Nickel said.
Firefighters remained on scene late Sunday morning doing overhaul, and an investigator was called in to search for the cause of the fire.
No injuries were reported.
With all of the city’s fire engines and trucks assigned to the incident, crews from Santa Barbara County and Montecito were called in to provide coverage in the city, Nickel said.
Check back with Noozhawk for updates to this story.
Patrick Hanlin Jr., 30, was staying at the Microtel Inn, 8100 Peach St., on Tuesday when he set fire to his bed, state police said in a news release. Hanlin then left the room without notifying authorities about the fire.
The room’s fire suppression system extinguished the fire but state police discovered that one sprinkler head had been broken before it was activated. The fire caused about $15,000 in damage, state police said.
Troopers also found drug paraphernalia in the room.
Hanlin was arrested in the motel lobby and later charged with causing or risking a catastrophe, criminal mischief, arson, reckless endangerment and possession of a controlled substance–paraphernalia.
Hanlin was taken to the Erie County Prison on $50,000 monetary bail.
West Chester firefighters were alerted just after 8 p.m. and arrived to find the alarms sounding and the building evacuated.
Chester County Fire Marshal Latta White said there were no injuries, however power was out to the building so no residents would be able to return to the building. He said the building has 90 rooms of which more than 70 were occupied, most with multiple guests.
White said the fire was contained by sprinklers, and firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze which was located on a first floor hallway.
The fire alarm went off, and the desk person checked the fire alarm and found smoke on the first floor and called the fire department, White said.
Multiple guests could be seen leaving the scene with assistance from firefighters.
White said the cause of the fire was under investigation.
Officials say the building’s sprinkler system kept the fire contained to just one room.
The Inn is looking to relocate approximately 50 of its guests who were staying at the hotel long term.
The fire is still under investigation.
A high-rise fire broke out Sunday at Rochester’s oldest hotel.
The blaze was reported around 8:45 AM on the 11th floor of the Kahler Grand Hotel.
The Rochester Fire Dept. says firefighters “encountered floor to ceiling smoke” when they reached the 11th level of the downtown hotel. The fire was found in a staff kitchen area and RFD says a single sprinkler head kept the flames confined to that room.
No monetary estimate was given but damage may have been extensive. According to the RFD report, there was “damage to the breakroom kitchen on the 11th floor including cabinets, appliances, and other furnishings. Smoke damage in the common hallways on the 11th floor along with water damage on the 11th floor and 10th floor from the sprinkler system.”
One resident was treated on scene for minor injuries.
