Fire crews were called to a fire at the Westin Hotel around 9:44 a.m., Battalion Chief William S. Skelaney said.
Crews discovered the fire in a housekeeping room on the hotel’s 11th floor.
The sprinkler system was activated, containing the fire to the room.
It did cause extensive water damage from the 11th floor to the lobby.
Fire crews worked with the building managers to get people back in the hotel, Skelaney said.
Investigators determined the cause of the fire is accidental.
Guests woke up to a fire alarm, smoke and sprinklers. Many people and their wet stuff are looking for somewhere else to stay tonight.
The Wayne Township Fire Department thinks someone discarded a cigarette butt in the bushes outside the hotel that started a fire that displaced some 200 people staying at the hotel.
“I was laying in the bed and the smoke was coming in the window,” said Scott Beckham, a construction worker from Florida who has lived at the hotel for about two months. “Then the alarms went off and they told everybody to evacuate.”
Firefighters quickly knocked down the flames, but not before the fire leaped into the attic and set off the sprinklers.
“I never really felt super in danger once firefighter staff and stuff got here,” said hotel guest Autumn Heidenthal.
No guests were injured but the building suffered extensive damage, including standing water in several hallways and rooms.
“Just smoky and everything,” said Beckham, whose room is right above where the fire started. “The ceiling fell down in my room from the water damage.”
Heidenthal has lived at the hotel for a couple months during a summer internship. Her PT Cruiser was parked right by the fire and was covered in dusty debris. Most of that was washed away when she returned to the hotel after a car wash.
“I’m really lucky my car still runs, still drives,” said Heidenthal. “It just needed a little bit of a cleanup. That’s just about the bulk of it. At first, I thought, ‘Oh my gosh! Did my car start the fire?’ because where the flames were from my angle it looked like it was right by my car.”
Heidenthal doesn’t smoke cigarettes and she was asleep in her room when someone’s cigarette apparently ignited a burning bush.
102 of the 105 rooms at the Extended Stay America were occupied, some by people in town for Gen Con. The American Red Cross of Indiana was on hand to provide shelter if needed.
A fire broke out Thursday evening in a room at the luxury Hotel Felix in River North.
The Fire Department called a still-and-box alarm for the fire in Room 313 at the Hotel Felix, at 111 W. Huron St. Numerous fire units rushed to the scene.
The fire was confined to one room and was held in check by an automatic sprinkler that was set off, the Fire Department said.
Fire crews easily extinguished the blaze, and no one was injured.
The 225-room Hotel Felix opened in 2009. Its building dates from 1926, but was renovated with organic materials and renewable resources, according to the hotel website.
It appeared to be a failure of the equipment, she said.
No one was injured in the fire that started about 7:30 p.m.
The building’s fire sprinkler system was activated and kept the fire contained to the dishwasher, she said.
The unit did sustain water damage but little fire damage.
The fire happened at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld hotel off Sea Harbor Drive.
A hair straightener was left on in the bathroom of a seventh floor guest room, according to fire officials.
The sprinkler in the bathroom extinguished the fire, preventing damage in other parts of the guest room, firefighters said. Several rooms on the lower floors had water damage.
More than 1,000 hotel guest were evacuated as a precaution. No injuries were reported.
A cooking fire forced the Shasta Hotel on 10th Street to evacuate Monday afternoon.
According to a Sacramento Fire spokesperson, the fire started on the fourth-floor kitchen area, activating the sprinkler heads.
Some residents evacuated when the fire alarm went off, but all were forced to evacuate.
Firefighters said the damage from the fire was minimal, but the water from sprinklers and hoses caused flooding on the fourth floor and the lower floors as well.
Crews remained at the hotel after the fire was extinguished to help with evacuations and water cleanup.
No injuries were reported in the fire.
A fire led to an evacuation of a Lexington Hotel Friday evening.
It happened around 10 p.m. at the Clarion Hotel on Athens-Boonesboro Road, near Interstate 75.
Firefighters say the fire started around the pool and fitness area, but the sprinkler system kept it from spreading too far.
Firefighters say it caused minimal damage to the building. The hotel was evacuated but guests were allowed back inside shortly after.
No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
A fire scare at Days Inn & Suites near Hector International Airport in Fargo.
A water heater malfunctioned and started on fire.
Guests were evacuated while fire crews were called to the hotel around 4 Sunday afternoon.
Days Inn operators tell us the sprinkler system put the fire out and it didn’t spread.
The hotel is without hot water until the water heater can be replaced.
That was expected to happen yet tonight.
On Thursday July 11, 2019, at 7:00 am a fire alarm was received from the San Carlos Hotel, 106 East 1st Street. Yuma Fire Department personnel arrived to find the building being evacuated and reports of smoke in the hallway of the 3rd floor. Firefighters found the smoke was coming from room 302 and that a mattress in that room had been on fire. A fire sprinkler head had activated and extinguished the fire. YFD personnel confirmed the fire was out and began the process of removing the smoke and water from the affected floor.
The adult male occupant of the room was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and transported to Yuma Regional Medical Center for further evaluation. Another occupant of the building was evaluated for a fall that occurred during the evacuation but further treatment was not required. The American Red Cross assisted displaced building residents while firefighters and building management worked to ready affected apartments to be reoccupied.
The fire damage was limited to a mattress and a portable air conditioning unit in the room where the fire started. Additional apartments on the floor were affected by water flow. Residents from unaffected apartments were able to return right away but clean-up work was still being done to allow for all apartments to be reoccupied. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
This is the 2nd fire sprinkler save in the past 36 hours here in Yuma and the 3rd fire sprinkler save at the San Carlos Hotel since 2017.
Fire sprinkler systems can keep fires from spreading and can also extinguish them. Fire spreads quickly and can double in size every minute. Even small fires can cause significant damage to property and endanger those nearby. Contrary to many Hollywood portrayals, only sprinkler heads directly exposed to the heat activate, not those in the rest of the room, building, or complex. Sprinkler systems save lives and protect property.
According to Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Eric Guevin, the call came in just about noon on July 9.
Upon the fire department’s arrival, they found the restaurant’s sprinkler system had been activated and took care of the fire and they went into the attic and back of house to do an overhaul to make sure the fire had not spread.
At this time there is no cause determined and it is unknown when they will be able to reopen. Guevin said the damage was contained to the back of the house.
