The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) has put out an apartment fire in Bitter Lake.
SFD responded to the call just before 1 pm Monday at Linden Ave N and N 130th St.
The first crews on scene reported fire coming from a bedroom of an apartment.
SPD is asking people to avoid the area.
Firefighters responded to the 2200 block of Park Trail Lane, just off Mechanicsville Turnpike near the Henrico-Hanover County line, just after 8 a.m.
Battalion Chief Justin Madren said crews arrived to find an active bedroom fire, which was brought under control quickly.
“What they found was a fire in a bedroom,” Madren said. “They quickly extinguished it with their resources and the automatic suppression system, that’s the sprinkler system, that’s in the apartment complex.”
The fire was contained to one apartment. Management at the complex is working to rehouse the displaced family, Madren said.
The cause of the fire has not been determined.
Firefighters responded to a reported fire at the Susan’s Place Apartments Tuesday, February 17.
Essex Fire Department says they were dispatched to Susie Wilson Road at about 3:41 p.m. That call was upgraded to a dual response also from Essex Junction Fire Department.
Upon arrival, crews discovered the fire at an apartment on the second floor. More specifically, the fire was on the stove.
Fire crews say that the sprinkler system had kept the fire from spreading quickly. The fire was contained to the single apartment. Authorities later confirmed that the fire was cause by “unattended non-food items left rendering on the stovetop.”
At this time, no fatalities have been reported.
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A structure fire has been reported at an apartment complex in Princeton.
According to Mercer County 911, multiple agencies were dispatched at 5:55 p.m.
Those responding agencies include: Princeton City Fire Department, Mercer County Emergency Management, Athens Volunteer Fire Department, Princeton Police Department, East River Volunteer Fire Department, and Princeton Rescue Squad.
The Portland Fire Department responded to an apartment building at 100 State Street at 2:39 Saturday afternoon.
A dryer fire in a second-floor laundry room activated the sprinkler system, according to chief Dale Dyer. The sprinklers contained the fire and allowed crews to extinguish what was left with a water can, the department said in a social media post.
Several tenants were moved to different apartments in the building due to water damage, Dyer said.
There were no reported injuries, according to Dyer. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The department had advised people to be cautious in the area as crews worked at the scene. Police were diverting traffic at the intersection of State and Spring streets.
Upon entering the building, crews were met with representatives from building maintenance stating that they observed smoke coming from a unit on the fourth floor.
Crews observed smoke beginning to fill the stairwell as they were trying to reach the fourth floor. When crews finally arrived at the scene, they observed smoke banked down to the floor and the fire sprinkler system operating inside the apartment.
Fire officials began a search of the apartment to find any occupants who may still be there. Officials located one handicapped occupant in a fourth-floor apartment and evacuated them from the building.
The incident resulted in fire damage to the apartment, and there were no injuries reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Merrimack Fire Marshal’s Office.
Merrimack Fire Crews are fortunate that this building had a properly installed automatic fire alarm and fire sprinkler systems which, once activated, provided an immediate alarm to the occupants of the building and to the emergency communications center. The building’s fire sprinkler system operated and extinguished the fire as designed. If these systems were not present and properly maintained, this incident could have resulted in far greater damage and possible injury to occupants.
Boulder Police Department and Boulder Fire-Rescue responded to the fire in the 3700 block of Canfield Street at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Thursday.
The building’s automatic fire sprinkler system activated and helped contain the fire to a single unit, although two units sustained smoke and water damage, according to Boulder Police. Residents of the two damaged units were displaced, but other residents have been cleared to reenter the building.
A Boulder Fire-Rescue firefighter was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. The investigation indicates that the fire was intentionally set, with evidence suggesting multiple items were ignited within the suspect’s apartment unit.
The specific method used to start the fire remains under investigation.
Officers arrested Ranita Ezeonu at the scene. She was booked into the Boulder County Jail on suspicion of the following charges:
On Friday night, crews with the Franklin Fire Department were called to the McEwen Northside Apartments at 4015 Aspen Grove Drive just before 11 p.m.
While crews were en route, 911 callers reported smoke and a vehicle on fire on the third level of the parking garage.
When crews arrived, firefighters found a 2015 Honda Odyssey van on fire. The building’s automatic sprinkler system activated and helped contain the fire preventing extension to other vehicles, the parking structure and the nearby apartment building, according to the Franklin Fire Department.
No injuries were reported and the parking structure and apartment building sustained no damage. Officials said the cause of the fire is undetermined.
The Battle Creek Fire Department was initially called for a fire alarm at 183 West St. at 11 a.m. The incident was upgraded to a structure fire when a second alarm was activated.
The BCFD’s Rescue 2 arrived within three minutes and made their way to the fifth floor, while Car 3 arrived on scene and established command. Once Rescue 2 reached the apartment unit and made entry, they discovered that the sprinkler system had activated and located a fire in the kitchen.
Rescue 2 quickly extinguished the fire, while Engine 1 assisted with advancing hose, Engine 3 brought fans up to ventilate the floor, and Rescue 6 took control of the water to the sprinkler system, according to the city.
Due to the quick action of the crews and the sprinkler system, the fire was contained to the kitchen area of the apartment unit, where it started. There was no fire damage to any other areas of the building.
Crews with the Charleston Fire Department were called to the Element at Carolina Bay Apartments just before 7 p.m. after automatic sprinklers were activated, Deputy Chief Michael Julazadeh said.
Firefighters arrived to find an extinguished fire in one of the apartments in the three-story building. Julazadeh said the fire was suppressed by a single fire sprinkler head.
Investigators with the Fire Marshal’s Office were called to review the incident. They said the fire started on a mattress in a bedroom of the unoccupied apartment. Remains of an electric blanket in the debris.
The cause remains under investigation. No injuries were reported at the scene.