Category Archives: Hotel / Restaurant

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant

Super 8 Motel fire extinguished by automatic fire sprinkler system (San Antonio, TX)

A fire forced evacuations at a motel on San Antonio’s Southeast Side Friday morning. Two rooms were destroyed at the Super 8 in the 700 block of Hot Wells Boulevard near Interstate 37, a San Antonio Fire Department representative said. Hotel staff evacuated everyone in the motel and the sprinkler system kicked on well before firefighters arrived. Firefighters say the fire was actually out before they even got there. They went around checking for hot spots and called a second alarm as a precautionary measure. No one was hurt. Fire department investigators have ruled the fire accidental.

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Early morning restaurant fire suppressed by sprinkler system (Charleston, SC)

Fire crews were notified of a fire at a restaurant on Monday afternoon. According to Ryan Kunitzer, the community educator for the Charleston Fire Department, the building was equipped with fire sprinklers, which kept the fire from spreading. Employees were on the scene during the incident, but no injuries were reported. The fire’s cause is under investigation.

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Sprinkler system saves restaurant from fire, limits fire damage (Erie, PA)

Five fire departments were called to the Golden Corral restaurant just before 9 p.m, according to Erie County 911. They weretold there was a fire in the restaurant and it was being evacuated. We spoke to a man who identified himself as a manager, hesays the fire was in the kitchen and set off the sprinkler system which put it out. There were 10 to 15 customers and 11 employees inside, noinjuries reported. The manager said the restaurant will be open a little later today.

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant, Retail

Early morning fire at restaurant extinguished by building’s sprinkler system (Allentown, PA)

A fire sparked by a malfunctioning espresso machine will keep Fegley’s Burrito Works and Coffee Works closed for at least one week. The business was damaged by a brief fire that sparked Sunday morning. The blaze began about 7:20 a.m. and was quickly extinguished by an internal sprinkler system, business owner Jeff Fegley said. 

Allentown fire Deputy Chief Lee Laubach said sprinkler systems are a great advantage when it comes to battling a fire. “It keeps the fire down and lessens the damage,” he said. “It’s one of the best fire protection systems you can have, and this is proof that it worked right there.”

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant

Sprinkler system assists firefighters at hotel fire (Sioux Falls, SD)

Firefighters responded to a fire at a hotel at 9:30 on Thursday, July 17. The three-story hotel’s fire began in a clothes dryer in the hotel’s first floor. The hotel’s occupants evacuated safely while the sprinkler system went off and kept the fire from spreading further. The fire was put out within 10 minutes. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Restaurant fire kept in check by sprinkler system (Fairbanks, AK)

A fire that began at a restaurant early Thursday morning was contained thanks to the building’s fire sprinkler. The Fairbanks Fire Department was notified of a fire at 5:50 a.m., and when they arrived, they found that the fire was kept at the point of ignition thanks to the fire sprinkler system.

“The sprinkler system basically saved the day,” Fire Chief Ernie Misewicz said. “It kept the fire in check in the front portion of the dining room.”

The fire’s cause was from someone improperly disposing smoking materials in a flower pot in the front of the building. There were no injuries reported.

“Had the sprinkler system not activated, there would have been significant damage to the building,” Misewicz said.