According to firefighters on the scene, smoke was coming out of the roof.
Upon entering the building they discovered one of the laundry hampers was on fire.
The sprinkler system was activated and the fire was contained until firefighters were able to put it out.
One block of Independence Street west of West End Boulevard is blocked until 8:30 this evening.
Chief Smith and Deputy Chief Sean Wert of the Monmouth Junction Volunteer Fire Department arrived just before 4:30 p.m. to find smoke coming from the building and water running from under the door of one of the commercial building’s suites.
Firefighters entered the building and extinguished a smoldering fire that was being contained by a single sprinkler head. Approximately 25 firefighters responded to the one-alarm fire. The fire was contained to storage inside the single business.
This was the second fire the Monmouth Junction Fire Department responded to in the last month in a commercial building where a single sprinkler head activated to contain a fire. The fires occurred during off hours in both instances, where no employees were working.
“If these buildings had not had activated sprinklers, the fires would have continued to grow and most likely both buildings would have been destroyed. These incidents prove that sprinkler systems save property and lives,” said Chief Smith.
The source of the fire was located quickly by firefighters. However the sprinkler system had already gone off and drenched the interior of the building. We were told there was standing water everywhere. And heavy smoke damage.
The Joplin Fire Marshal arrived around 4:00 AM to begin the investigation. Addtionally Joplin Police investigators were present.
Sgt Tom Bowin of the Joplin Police Department told us overnight they had a suspect in custody. Now that man has been named and arrested on charges.
Fire crews were called about 7:15 a.m. Wednesday to the Critter Care Grooming Store, in a shopping center at 5611 N. Tenaya Way, the department said. An employee was about to give a dog a bath when the fire started, and the worker called to report smoke and flames coming from the ceiling.
The employee and the dog escaped the one-story building uninjured, the department said. When firefighters arrived, they found light smoke and water from the fire sprinkler system, but the fire was already out.
Investigators determined that the fire started above the ceiling, where wiring and an air conditioner were located. The flames were put out after the sprinkler system was triggered, and the department estimated that $15,000 in damage was caused.
The cause of the fire was undetermined Wednesday morning, but investigators “could not rule out the fire was electrical in origin,” the department said.
Firefighters were dispatched at 11:06 P.M. to 773 W. Michigan Ave., formerly Rupert’s Brew House, April 20, 2020, and found fire coming from the front of the building.
Firefighters mounted an exterior attack knocking the fire down right away. They were able to send a crew into the attic, investigating to make sure there wasn’t any more damage that they couldn’t see from the outside.
It is not clear what caused the fire or the extent of the damage. In a written statement on Tuesday, Kalamazoo Public Safety officials said the building was unoccupied at the time of the fire.
The Fire Marshall was on scene.
Sergeant Chuck Mason with Kalamazoo Department of Public safety said that the sprinkler system which was activated, likely saving it from additional damage.
Mason said the fire was under control in 15 minutes.
The brewery operated for about six years, but hosted a comedy show for the final day on Sept. 8, 2019.
According to the Kalamazoo Public Library, the building has hosted many businesses throughout the years, including originally being the location of the Oakland Pharmacy, which opened in 1926. A fire hit the business on Feb. 26, 1935, but it was repaired.
In 1972 the building turned into a popular music store called Boogie Records that lasted until 1995.
The fire did spread to a community center nearby. One person was inside and was able to escape. The rear of the building burned and the fire also spread to the attic. Firefighters say the sprinklers inside the community center helped extinguish the flames.
The fire was under control by 4:51 a.m. NOFD is investigating witness accounts that someone nearby started a fire to stay warm. No one was hurt during the blaze.
Firefighters were sent to the 600 block of East 16th Street, near San Pedro Street, about 4:15 p.m., according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The exterior fire was extending into a commercial building, activating the building’s sprinkler system, but fire crews quickly extinguished the blaze before it burned more than a couple of boxes at the unidentified business, he said.
No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire was under investigation, he said.
Crews entered to the smoke filled service area and located a fire in a commercial truck. The sprinkler system had activated over the truck and contained the fire to the vehicle. Crews completed extinguishment of the fire inside the truck and removed the smoke from the building. A search of the entire building confirmed it was unoccupied. The incident was under control by 5:09 a.m.
Fire damage was contained to the truck with smoke damage to the remainder of the service area. Closed doors kept the smoke out of the offices. The fire is believed to have been caused by an undetermined failure within the vehicle.
The fire was generally contained to a popcorn machine in the concessions area of the movie theater. Though the fire was contained to the popcorn machine, sufficient heat was created that it activated a single sprinkler head.
There did not appear to be any damage directly caused by the fire due to it being contained by the machine which itself did not appear to be damaged.
