Other - Manufacturing, Other Business Monroe, MI – Fire at packaging business knocked down by sprinkler system December 12, 2018 viking210 A Monroe business sustained some damage after fire broke out Saturday. Firefighters were called to Complete Packaging Inc., 633 Detroit Ave., around 6:15 p.m. Monroe Fire Chief Robert Wight said a sprinkler system helped to save the structure. Some products inside the facility were damaged due to the blaze. “They knocked it down pretty fast,” the chief said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Athletic Club/Sports Facility, Other Business Knoxville, TN – Sprinkler system activates to help control fire in downtown building, minimizing fire damage December 8, 2018 viking210 A popular downtown business is closed after a small kitchen fire triggered the sprinkler system in the building. The fire occurred in a third floor kitchen of Maple Hall bowling alley and bar. There were no injuries reported
Other - Manufacturing, Other Business Elkton, MD – Authorities credit sprinkler system with extinguishing blaze in chemical mixing room December 6, 2018 viking210 Investigators are crediting a sprinkler system for extinguishing a blaze Monday morning inside a chemical mixing room at a medical products plant in Elkton, allowing the three employees in that area to escape safely, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office. Workers called 911 at approximately 7:15 a.m. Monday, after discovering the fire inside a Terumo Medical Corp. building in the 100 block of Blue Ball Road, fire officials said. About 10 firefighters with Singerly Volunteer Fire Co. of Elkton and Aetna Hook, Hose and Ladder Co. in Newark, Del., responded to the call, but the blaze had been extinguished by the time they arrived, fire officials added. “The fire was contained to the chemical room after the sprinkler system activated,” said Sr. Deputy State Fire Marshal Oliver J. Alkire, an agency spokesman, adding, “Three employees inside the room were able to safely escape.” Investigators estimated that that part of the building sustained $25,000 in structural damage, according to Alkire, who further reported that no other property was damaged. Investigators identified the property owner as Terumo Medical Corp., which manufactures medical devices and supplies. Fire detectives listed the cause of the blaze as accidental, after concluding that static electricity inside the chemical mixing room triggered the fire, Alkire said. Because the fire occurred in a place containing chemicals, he added, the Cecil County Hazmat Team also was dispatched to the scene.
Office Building, Other Business Simi Valley, CA – Sprinkler system activates to assist firefighters in commercial business fire December 5, 2018 viking210 Firefighters responded to a commercial structure on fire in Simi Valley on Saturday evening. The fire was reported at 5:49 p.m. at 67 W. Easy St. The building is part of an office park called Simi Business Park West. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find smoke coming out of the two-story building and the sprinkler system activated. The fire was knocked down at 6:18 p.m., authorities said
Office Building, Other Business Edina, MN – Fire at office building extinguished by sprinkler system December 4, 2018 viking210 Officials in Edina have said that a fire that damaged a business on Bush Lake Road earlier this week was started by a charging cellphone. The Edina Fire Department was called to employee engagement company BI Worldwide at 7:33 a.m. Tuesday when the building’s sprinkler system was triggered. It was later established that an employee sitting in her cubicle saw sparks coming from her charging cellphone that “quickly ignited nearby combustibles.” Workers were able to extinguish the flames and leave the building, only for the fire to re-ignite before being knocked down by the sprinkler system. One worker had to be taken to Fairview Southdale Hospital with smoke inhalation. The fire damage was contained to just four cubicles, but the building itself suffered water and smoke damage. “It’s great that BI Worldwide had fire extinguishers in place and employees knew how to use them, but most importantly, employees exited the building and the fire sprinkler system extinguished the fire, keeping the fire damage to a minimum, which will allow them to reoccupy this building sometime soon,” said Fire Marshal Rick Hammerschmidt in a press release. “This is another great example of the value of having a fire sprinkler system in a building or in a home. If this building didn’t have a fire sprinkler system, BI Worldwide may not have been able to reoccupy this building. “The content damage and impact on business and employees would have been extreme.”
Other-Government/Military, Recycling / Waste Facility Redding, CA – Fire at solid waste facility extinguished with help from sprinkler system; No injuries reported December 3, 2018 viking210 Redding firefighters went to the city’s solid waste facility Saturday morning to extinguish a fire that was traced to some sort of hazardous material someone had recently dumped. A city of Redding employee was operating a dump loader that came into contact with the “unknown material” that someone had recently dropped off, the fire department said. The fire quickly grew in the pile of garage and the city’s airport rescue firefighting equipment was called in to spray foam on the blaze. The fire activated the facility’s sprinkler system so an overhead water nozzle also helped crews. Four engines, a ladder truck and 17 firefighters responded. No one was injured and firefighters spent two-and-a-half hours at the scene. The fire department offered this safety message: “To prevent accidental fire through the reactions of chemicals, please discern the difference when dumping solid household waste as compared to hazardous materials.“
Other Business Rochester, MN – Dump truck fire contained by garage sprinkler system November 27, 2018 viking210 A dump truck caught fire inside a building Friday night. The Rochester Fire Department says it was called to the 6900 block of 10th Avenue SW around 7:10 pm and found the truck on fire with smoke coming from a garage maintenance area. The structure’s sprinkler system contained the flames to the truck and firefighters extinguished the blaze. No one was injured in this incident and there was minor smoke and water damage to the building. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office, Rochester police and Gold Cross Ambulance assisted at the scene.
Office Building, Other Business Healdsburg, CA – Sprinkler system limits damage in commercial building fire November 26, 2018 viking210 Firefighters responded to a three-story commercial building fire near the Healdsburg downtown plaza Thursday afternoon, shutting down a portion of the city’s main thoroughfare for two hours. The Thanksgiving Day fire started just before 4:30 p.m. in the Brandt Insurance building in the 200 block of Healdsburg Avenue. A malfunctioning heater in the third-floor ceiling caused the smoke and flames, which set off the building’s internal sprinkler system, Healdsburg Fire Marshal Linda Collister said. Crews with Cal Fire, Cloverdale, Dry Creek Rancheria, Geyserville, Rincon Valley, Santa Rosa and Windsor assisted the Healdsburg Fire Department in extinguishing the blaze within 40 minutes. The southbound lanes of Healdsburg Avenue were reopened just after 6 p.m. Thursday. The building, which houses the insurance company, as well as retail stores on the first and second floors, was saved by its sprinkler system and had no structural, Collister said. She estimated the damage at $20,000-$30,000.
Other Business Chesterton, IN – Electrical fire in “Escape Room” business extinguished by sprinkler system November 25, 2018 viking210 fire believed to have been electrical in nature damaged the Mission: Escape suite in The Factory building on Saturday, the Chesterton Fire Department is reporting. Capt. Rudy Jimenez told the Chesterton Tribune today that, at 7:20 a.m., the CFD was initially dispatched to the Frontline Foundations Inc. offices in response to an activated alarm. Chesterton Police officers, first on the scene, quickly determined that there was no fire at Frontline, then proceeded to The Factory, where they made entry and subsequently traced smoke and an odor of natural gas to Suite 3 on the second floor, where the Mission: Escape business is located. On their arrival firefighters found that the sprinkler system had done “an excellent job in extinguishing the fire” and confining it to its point of origin, Jimenez said: a small hallway off the main lobby leading to one of the escape rooms. The source of the fire appears to have been a short circuit in a smoke machine or its extension cord, which on igniting began to burn a nearby stage prop from the bank heist escape room: a cardboard swag box containing fake money, Jimenez said. Fire damage was minimal but water damage was fairly extensive–both to Suite 3 and to Suite 2, beneath it on the ground floor–inasmuch as the sprinkler system continued to release water until firefighters turned it off. Jimenez estimated damage to the building at $10,000 and that to contents at $5,000. He added that Suite 2 on the ground floor is currently vacant. The CFD cleared the scene at 8:37 a.m.
Other Business Fairfield, OH – Overnight business fire knocked down by sprinkler system; Fire started in cardboard boxes November 23, 2018 viking210 Crews called for assistance at a fire inside a Fairfield business early Tuesday morning. Firefighters responded to a fire inside Innomark Communications inside Distribution Circle just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. Fire officials say some cardboard inside the business caught on fire, causing heavy smoke inside the building. A sprinkler system knocked down the fire and crews were able to finish putting it out quickly. Fire officials say they called for extra crews as a precaution. No one was injured. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
