Category Archives: Hotel / Restaurant

Hotel / Motel, Residential

Binghamton, NY – Early morning arson fire at boarding house extinguished by sprinkler system

The Binghamton Police Department says a man has been charged with intentionally setting a fire on Henry Street. Police say the fire at 106 Henry Street, the “DIXIE 2000” rooming house, was reported at 6:16 a.m. Monday. According to detectives, an investigation found that the first-floor office was broken into before being doused with a liquid accelerant and ignited, which caused an explosion and significant damage. Officials say the fire was extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system and all residents got out safely. Police say the suspect, who had left before officers arrived, was later identified as 59-year-old Jerry Hopkins of neighboring 104 Henry Street.

He was charged with second-degree arson, a class B felony. The incident was investigated by the Binghamton Police Patrol and Detective Divisions as well as the Fire Marshal’s Office. State Fire K-9 also assisted at the scene. Anyone with additional information is asked to call detectives at (607) 772-7080.

ORIGINAL STORY:

BINGHAMTON (WBNG) — Police and fire officials were called to a fire on Henry Street in Binghamton Monday morning.

According to Binghamton Fire Marshal Alan Gardiner, the sprinkler system inside 106 Henry Street put out the fire.

Gardiner said investigators haven’t determined a cause for the fire, but he called it suspicious.

Members of the Binghamton Fire Department, Binghamton Police Department and New York State fire officials responded to the scene.

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant

Farmers Branch, TX – (no media) Hotel laundry room fire suppressed by single sprinkler

*** Fire Department Reported — No Media Coverage *** On March 21, 2019, at approximately 11:03 pm, Farmers Branch Fire Department was dispatched to an automatic fire alarm call at 2645 LBJ, Wyndham Garden Dallas North Hotel. Quint 133 arrived on scene and discovered smoke in the laundry room and upgraded the response to a structure fire. After further investigation, the fire was suppressed by an automatic sprinkler system (1 sprinkler head). Fire investigators determined the cause of the fire was spontaneous ignition of cloth rags in a laundry cart located in laundry room. Fire was isolated to the laundry cart and contents, causing no structural damage.

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant

Grand Forks, ND – Hotel dryer fire extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries reported

A sprinkler system extinguished a fire at a Grand Forks hotel early Sunday morning.

The fire department says around 4:10 a.m., crews responded to the Expressway Inn and Suites on 11th Avenue South on a water flow alarm.

Arriving crews encountered a light haze coming from the lobby area and discovered that there had been a fire in one of the commercial laundry dryers. The automatic sprinkler system had activated and extinguished it before crews arrived.

Guests and staff had exited safely. No one was hurt.

The fire caused about $10,000 in damages.

The cause of the dryer fire is under investigation.

Restaurant, Retail, Shopping Mall

Huntington Station, NY – Restaurant fire in strip mall extinguished by sprinkler system

Multiple fire departments were on the scene of a fire at a strip mall in Huntington Station last Friday afternoon. Suffolk Police say a 911 call came in at 2:46 p.m. reporting a fire at 1760 New York Ave.

“Manor firefighters responded to a report of smoke from a building on New York Ave and West Hills Road on Friday afternoon. Chief Chuck Brady determined that heavy smoke was coming from the Don Juan Pupuseria and transmitted a working fire. Firefighters entered the building and searched for the seat of the fire. A fire was found to be burning in the kitchen. A majority of the fire was extinguished by a sprinkler system with a crew from Engine 3 hitting remaining hot spots. We were assisted by Huntington and Melville firefighters at the scene and Greenlawn firefighters stood by at Manors Headquarters. Huntington Community First Aid Squad provided an E.M S. standby at the scene. There were no reported injuries. All units were under the command of Chief Jon Hoffman.”

Hotel / Motel

Las Vegas, NV – Arcade machine fire at The STRAT Hotel and Casino is put out by sprinkler system

Fire officials are investigating an arcade machine fire at The STRAT Hotel and Casino. Crews got the call around 8:30 p.m., Friday night. Tim Szymanski with Las Vegas Fire and Rescue says an arcade machine caught fire and was put out by the fire sprinkler in the building. No injuries were reported during the incident. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Crews on scene are assisting maintenance personnel with returning things back to normal.

Restaurant

Meridian, ID – Sprinkler systems assists firefighters in extinguishing kitchen fire at entertainment venue

A kitchen grease fire caused some damage at Big Al’s Meridian Wednesday, but the restaurant and entertainment venue was able to open Thursday. Meridian Fire responded at about 11:30 p.m. Fire Chief Mark Niemeyer said the fire was extinguished within five minutes. There was minimal smoke damage from the fire and a sprinkler activated, he said. Kelly O’Callaghan, Big Al’s general manager, said staff think a piece of equipment might have malfunctioned causing the fire, but they’re not sure. An employee noticed the fire after kitchen staff had cleaned up and gone home. O’Callaghan said Big Al’s is open and serving food from its snack bar. He said they plan to have the main kitchen back up and running by Saturday.

Restaurant

Rostraver Twp, PA – Fire in unoccupied restaurant is extinguished by sprinkler system

A fire erupted at a Rostraver Township restaurant on Monday before it was quickly extinguished by the business’s sprinkler system. Rostraver Central Fire Department said in a mid-afternoon posting to its Facebook account that its members had answered a 911 call placed by employees of Sweeney’s Steakhouse on Rostraver Road. The department said restaurant staff reportedly arrived for work to find signs of the extinguished fire. The state fire marshal is investigating. The department made no mention of the fire causing any injuries at the restaurant, which appears to have been unoccupied whenever the fire started.

Firefighters didn’t immediately return a message left at the station. The department’s post said Collinsburg Volunteer Fire Company, which is also located in the township, assisted. The restaurant was founded in the 1930s. Debra Hardy, the now-former wife of billionaire 84 Lumber founder Joe Hardy, has owned it since 1994.

Restaurant

Westerly, RI – Fire in kitchen area of restaurant is put out by sprinkler system

A wok fire at New China Pavilion caused a bit of a stir just before lunchtime last Wednesday, but a sprinkler helped douse the fire, preventing any damage to the restaurant. Westerly firefighters were dispatched to the restaurant at 105 Franklin St. around 11:15 a.m. with reports from police that smoke was visible at the building. They arrived to find that a small fire had occurred involving a wok in the kitchen area, but the flames were out before officials arrived. The restaurant staff vented much of the smoke quickly and emergency responders were cleared from the scene in approximately 15 minutes. The restaurant resumed normal operations.

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant

Carson City, NV – Sprinkler extinguishes fire at historic hotel

A fire sprinkler was able to extinguish a fire at the historic St. Charles Hotel on Carson Street on Tuesday. A dog was also rescued during the incident. At about 12:15 p.m., Carson City Fire units were dispatched to the structure at 310 S. Carson St. The first arriving firefighters observed smoke coming from the second floor of the St. Charles Residential Hotel. Crews quickly made entry into the smoke filled apartment and located an unconscious small dog. Firefighters also confirmed the fire had been extinguished by a working fire sprinkler. Officials stated if the building didn’t have fire sprinklers the fire would have been much worse. The dog was resuscitated and taken to a local veterinary hospital by firefighters. The damage to the hotel is estimated to be $10,000. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. A total of 17 firefighters responded to the incident.

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant

Boone, NC – Fire at Super 8 Motel suppressed by sprinkler system until fire crews arrived

The Super 8 by Wyndham hotel at 2419 N.C. 105 in Boone is back open after an early-morning fire Feb. 7, according to the hotel’s owner.

“We would like to thank the Boone Fire Department for arriving quickly and ensuring that all of our guests were safe,” Super 8 owner Justin Patel said in a Feb. 8 statement.

Patel stated that hotel operations resumed as of Friday evening and that going forward, fire safety classes will be conducted for his employees.

“We are in the beginning stages of planning a yearly fire safety protocol class in conjunction with the Boone Fire Department,” Patel stated. “The goal of the class will be to help prepare local businesses to handle emergency situations like the one we just experienced. This class will be open to all owners and employees of local hospitality businesses. Our hope is to keep all of our High Country visitors as safe as possible.”

Patel is the registered vice president of hotel management group Panoramic Hospitality. Along with the Super 8, Panoramic also owns the La Quinta Inn and Suites and Sleep Inn on N.C. 105 Extension.

Boone Police spokesperson Shane Robbins said Feb. 9 that the fire is still under investigation. On Feb. 7, Boone Police Cpl. Kat Eller said the fire is considered suspicious. She added that the department has a suspect, but Robbins said that as of the morning of Feb. 9, no arrests had been made in the investigation.

Eller said Boone Police had requested a search warrant for one of the rooms in the hotel. Boone Fire had cleared the scene around 3 p.m. on Feb 7, according to Boone Fire Capt. Jacob Burleson.

Burleson said the call initially came in at 3:10 a.m. as a fire alarm and then re-dispatched six minutes later for a structure fire.

There was one origin of fire on the second floor that was actively burning. Burleson said. This fire was suppressed by the sprinkler system by the time Boone Fire had arrived on the scene. Firefighters advanced a hose line through to ensure that the fire was out, Burleson said.

Eller said there were various “char marks” in other places of the building as well.

As first responders arrived on the scene, the building was in the process of being evacuated. Burleson said when personnel were conducting searches in the building to ensure the fire was suppressed, it was found that several rooms had not evacuated. These individuals were escorted out by fire personnel, later allowed to return to their rooms with escorts and then escorted back out of the building, Burleson said.

Burleson advised that people should evacuate when they see or hear a fire alarm activated, as this is for their own safety as well as the safety of first responders.