Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Sprinklers contain fire at restaurant (Gainesville, GA) January 21, 2014 viking210 Gainesville firefighters responded to a fire at a restaurant a little before 6 a.m. on Friday, January 17. The fire crews broke into the building and found that four sprinkler heads had activated and kept the fire in check. After the crews put out the remaining flames, Fire Marshal Chad Payne reported that a faulty condensation line pump on a refrigeration unit had started the fire. There were no injuries reported.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Fire sprinkler puts out fire at hotel (Rocky Mount, NC) January 15, 2014 viking210 Fire sprinklers stopped an early morning fire from spreading at a Doubletree Hotel on Wednesday, January 15. One of the hotel’s guest smelled smoke at about 6 a.m. and pulled the a fire alarm. When fire crews arrived, they found a small amount of smoke coming from a fourth floor room that was unoccupied. In response to the heat from the fire, the room’s fire sprinklers had activated, which kept the fire from spreading. Investigators believe the fire began because of an electrical malfunction near the heating unit in the fourth floor room. No one was injured in the incident.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Restaurant fire squelched by sprinkler system (Crookston, MN) January 15, 2014 viking210 When a fire broke out in a restaurant kitchen on Monday morning, the restaurant’s fire sprinkler put out the flames. Investigators believe the fire began when an overheated aerosol cooking spray and exploded, and that the fire quickly started near the kitchen’s exhaust system. No injuries were reported.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Sprinklers squelch hotel clubhouse fire (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL) January 9, 2014 viking210 Investigators are still looking into the cause of a fire which began in a hotel clubhouse on Wednesday afternoon. Fire crews arrived to the clubhouse after receiving reports of a fire; upon entering the building, they found no fire or smoke thanks to the building’s fire sprinklers, which put out the flames prior to their arrival. There were no injuries reported.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant New Year’s Day fire at restaurant eliminated by fire sprinklers (Las Vegas, NV) January 4, 2014 viking210 A Las Vegas strip resort restaurant had a fire occur after a bag of mesquite wood caught on fire just before 8 a.m. on New Year’s Day. A fire sprinkler head activated and put out the flames, and no injuries were reported.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Sprinklers prove worth in nightclub fire set by arsonist (Seattle, WA) January 3, 2014 viking210 A fire which began soon after midnight on New Year’s Day caused the Seattle Fire Department’s Ladder 10 to be called to the scene. The nightclub’s estimated 750 patrons were able to evacuate safely, and one of them used a fire extinguisher to put out some of the flames. The facility’s fire sprinkler system then completely put out the fire. The Seattle Police Department said that the cause of the fire was arson and the unknown perpetrator appeared to have poured gasoline on the carpeted stairway between the first and second level.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Casino fire squelched by fire sprinklers (Santa Maria, CA) December 30, 2013 viking210 A fire which began in the cardboard baler room at the Chumash Casino and Resort on Saturday morning brought fire crews to put out the blaze. When the firefighters arrived, they found that the casino’s fire sprinkler system had activated in the cardboard baler room and had completely put the fire out. There were no injuries and only minor damage was reported.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Hotel fire held in check by sprinkler system (Concord, NC) December 26, 2013 viking210 Concord Department of Fire and Life Safety was called to Sleep Inn Hotel on Dec. 23 at around 12:10 a.m. Firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the back of the structure. There had been a fire in the building, but the sprinkler system held the fire in check until firefighters arrived. Fire Investigators determined that the fire was started by improperly discarded smoking material. There were no injuries.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Christmas tree fire at country club contained by sprinkler system (Milwaukee, WI) December 23, 2013 viking210 A Christmas tree in a first-floor dining room sparked a fire at the Milwaukee Country Club at around 10 a.m. Sunday, according to the North Shore Fire Department. The building’s sprinkler system contained the fire to the dining room. No one was injured.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Fire at Microtel Inn & Suites controlled with help from sprinkler system (Holland, MI) December 1, 2013 viking210 The Holland Public Safety Fire Services were dispatched at about 2:12 a.m. Saturday morning to a fire alarm at Microtel Inn & Suites. Fire personnel found smoke present on the first floor and the sprinkler system activated when they arrived. The fire was extinguished within minutes of the first arriving engines. No civilian or uniformed injuries were reported. Chris Tinney, Captain of Fire Operations, says that the buildings fire protection features and a response time of just over five minutes by fire crews, were critical in reducing property damage safety for the motels occupants. The cause of the fire was determined to be accidental.
