Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Vernon, BC, Canada – Suspicious overnight fire at restaurant extinguished by sprinkler system December 10, 2014 viking210 Police and the Vernon Fire Department are looking into the cause of a suspicious fire at the New Delhi Restaurant in Vernon. Deputy fire chief Lawrie Skolrood says the fire started inside the building sometime before 3:15 a.m. when the building’s sprinkler system went off and triggered an alarm. Firefighters forced their way into the building by busting open the front doors, but by the time they got there, the fire was already out. “The sprinklers did actually put out the fire. It’s lucky they were up and working for sure,” Skolrood says.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Visalia, CA – Sprinklers control fire at mall restaurant helping to minimize damage December 9, 2014 viking210 Firefighters responded around 6:15 a.m. to the Sequoia Mall on south Mooney Boulevard after maintenance workers called 911 to report a fire at the PHO KC Noodle and Rice Vietnamese restaurant. A sprinkler installed inside the mall managed to extinguish most of the fire and firefighters checked for flames in nearby areas of the mall. Tulare County Environmental Health was called to evaluate total damage to the restaurant. Fire officials estimated the damage at $7,000 to the structure and about $1,000 to the contents of the restaurant. They estimated that $6.2 million was saved by fire sprinklers. The cause of the fire was determined to be a small fan in the kitchen that was left on and malfunctioned overnight.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Hempfield, PA – Sprinkler system activates, assists firefighters in fire at Olive Garden restaurant December 4, 2014 viking210 The Olive Garden Italian restaurant along Route 30 in Hempfield was damaged by a kitchen fire late Wednesday night that spewed smoke through the building, emergency responders said. The fire, which was reported at 11:36 p.m., started in the kitchen, went up a kitchen wall and spread into the ceiling, Bovard fire Chief Greg Saunders said. The first responders were able to knock it down quickly, Saunders said. The building’s sprinkler system also sprayed water on the fire.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Augusta, GA – Sprinkler system assists firefighters in overnight fire at Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant November 28, 2014 viking210 The fire at Buffalo Wild Wings on Robert C. Daniel Jr. Parkway is now out according to fire crews on scene. A delivery man dropping off food discovered the building filled with smoke and called the fire department around 3:45 a.m., fire officials on scene told News 12. No one was hurt, but there is water and smoke damage. The sprinkler system was activated before the fire department got on scene, officials said. Lt. Neal Brown says they believe the fire is electrical.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant East Brunswick, NJ – Sprinklers control fire at Olive Garden restaurant, Minimize damage November 28, 2014 viking210 3:26 a.m. Nov. 23. Emergency personnel responded to an early morning fire at Olive Garden. The small fire started in a light fixture on the roof above an employee bathroom, Fire Marshal John Talbot said. Talbot credited the fire companies and sprinkler system with extinguishing the fire quickly. The business was cleared to open Monday, he said.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Sprinkler system limits damage in restaurant fire (Pemberton Township, NJ) November 18, 2014 viking210 The Best Buffet Chinese restaurant on Broadway will be temporarily closed because of an early morning fire, officials said Tuesday. The blaze began about 2 a.m. Tuesday when several boxes on top of a walk-in freezer caught fire, fire Chief Craig Augustoni said. It was contained by a sprinkler system and caused mostly smoke damage. An investigation into the cause determined the fire was accidental and likely caused by a compressor, Augustoni said.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Nightclub fire contained thanks to sprinkler system (San Diego, CA) November 15, 2014 viking210 A refrigerator in the roof area of Spin on Hancock Street caught fire around 3:30 a.m., setting off the alarm and the building’s sprinkler system. The water sprinklers contained the fire from the rest of the three-story building, fire officials said.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Restaurant fire contained by sprinklers, no injuries reported (Oklahoma City, OK) November 14, 2014 viking210 Nearly 200 people rushed to safety after a fire at Remington Park Friday, officials said. Some thought it was a drill, but they quickly found out it wasn’t. “We thought it was still a drill until we got outside and all the fire trucks were here,” said one evacuated employee. Officials say Bricktown Brewery at Remington Park employees found a fire in the smoker around 8:30 Friday morning. “Tried to fight it with a couple of their fire extinguishers, the smoke got a little bit overwhelming for them, so they backed out and called 911,” said Maj. Tammy McKinney, with the Oklahoma City Fire Department. Officials say the employees had practiced fire drills so they knew exactly where they were supposed to go and security made sure everyone was accounted for. Crews quickly knocked the fire out. The sprinkler system kept it from spreading. “The fire suppression system did its job and so now we just have to do a little bit of cleanup in that area,” said Kym Coch, Remington Park spokeswoman.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Single sprinkler head prevents spread of restaurant fire (Boiling Springs, SC) November 12, 2014 viking210 An early-morning fire at an Upstate restaurant sent three Spartanburg County fire departments to the scene on Wednesday. The fire was reported about 3 a.m. at the Copper River Grill, located at 2104 S Carolina 9 in Boiling Springs, dispatchers said. Boiling Springs, Cherokee Springs and North Spartanburg fire departments responded, according to Boiling Springs Fire Chief Scott Miller. Firefighters were able to contained flames to an outside storage area, Miller said. “A single sprinkler head activated, preventing the fire from spreading into the restaurant,” Miller said in an informal release.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Fire at coffee shop doused by sprinklers, store expected to re-open tomorrow (Rochester, NY) November 4, 2014 viking210 Firefighters were called to Spot Coffee, at the intersection of East Avenue and Matthews Street, around 10:15 p.m. At the scene, crews found some boxes in a storeroom had caught fire, but the sprinkler system had knocked down the flames. Workers, customers and some residents evacuated the building. No one was injured and the restaurant should be able to re-open tomorrow.
