Category Archives: Other Business
Sprinklers minimize damage in electrical fire at lumber yard (Birnamwood, WI)
A fire that caused relatively minor damage to a Birnamwood business Sunday night likely was caused by an electrical malfunction. Fire crews responded to a sprinkler alarm at Kersten Lumber at about 9:35 p.m. Sunday, Birnamwood Area Fire Chief Randy Berger said. When crews arrived, they found heavy smoke coming from the building, he said. One wall had burned, he said, but the damage was not bad. No one was hurt in the incident and the sprinkler system kept the fire contained, he said.
Sprinker system puts out fire at community center (Seattle, WA)
A kitchen fire around 7 am in the Highpoint Neighborhood House at 6400 Sylvan Way SW resulted in the setting off the sprinkler system in the building. The fire was out but firefighters were left with the task of ventilating the building. The exact cause of the fire and a full damage estimate was not immediately available. No injuries were reported.
Commercial fire activates sprinkler, prevents fire from spreading to adjacent tenants (Pearland, TX)
Art building fire eliminated by sprinkler system (Easthampton, MA)
Baseball stadium fire contained by fire sprinkler system (York, PA)
An early morning fire at a concession stand in Santander Stadium was extinguished Saturday with little damage done, said York City Fire Department Chief David Michaels. A compressor in the cooling unit of the first-base-side concession stand overheated and caught fire around 6 a.m., Michaels said. He said the fire was contained by the park’s sprinkler system. The damage was minimal enough that planned events at Santander Stadium were able to go on as normal on Saturday, he said.
“If not for the sprinkler, it would have been a totally different outcome,” Michaels said. “It could have been a significant fire.”
Fire sprinkler system extinguished industrial fire at recycling plant (Sidney, OH)
Fire sprinkler system extinguished fire at Personalization Mall’s corporate headquarters (Burr Ridge, IL)
** NO MEDIA COVERAGE – FIRE SPRINKLER CONTRACTOR REPORTED **
A small fire occurred last night at the corporate headquarters of Personalization Mall. It was successfully extinguished by a single sprinkler head. The business is in full operation today with minimal damage.
Sprinklers limit damage in commercial building fire (South Bend, IN)
Fire crews were dispatched to a fire at 1:30 a.m. Monday at the South Bend/St. Joseph Building Department. The building’s fire sprinkler was operating when they arrived, preventing a large amount of damage.
“The sprinkler head was triggered by the fire in that office,” said Captain Christian Rose of the South Bend Fire Department. “And there was a broken window, so we’re unsure how that happened. So we called the fire investigators out to see whether or not arson was involved, or something else.”
The office was open for business on Monday, and there were no injuries reported.