Apartment Building, Residential Webb City, MO – Early morning apartment fire contained by sprinkler system June 27, 2015 viking210 A sprinkler system limited the spread of a fire in a Webb City apartment building early Tuesday. Crews with the Webb City Fire Department responded to a fire at the Cardinal Towers, 324 N. Tom St., about 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The alarm was traced to a single apartment on the first floor, where firemen searched for occupants. They found the woman had left the apartment when she was awakened by the alarm and was safe in the lobby of the building. Firemen were able to stop the fire quickly, they said, because the sprinkler system had prevented the blaze from spreading beyond the single apartment. The source of the blaze was found to be in the area of a medical oxygen concentrator. The Webb City Police Department and METS ambulance also responded to the blaze.
Apartment Building, Residential Purcellville, VA – Balcony fire at apartment building put out by sprinkler system June 26, 2015 viking210 The Loudoun County Fire Marshal’s Office has determined that a fire Tuesday on Dominion Terrace in Purcellville was caused by improperly discarded smoking materials. Firefighters were called to the scene about 12:45 p.m. to 640 Dominion Terrace to find several smoke alarms sounding and smoke showing from the front of the apartment building. After further investigation, fire and rescue crews found remnants of a fire on a third- floor apartment balcony that had been extinguished by the apartment’s automatic sprinkler system. Fire department personnel determined there was no fire extension and remained on scene until the structure was adequately ventilated. With the help of the apartment building’s automatic sprinkler system, the fire was contained to the balcony of a single unit, damages were limited to $1,000 and there were no injuries to civilians or firefighters.
Apartment Building, Residential Charlottesville, VA – Arson fire at apartment building doused by sprinkler system June 21, 2015 viking210 Four people were displaced by a fire in a Charlottesville apartment Thursday. The fire occurred shortly after 4:30 p.m. on the 800 block of Mallside Forest Court. According to the Albemarle County Fire Marshal’s Office, this is an arson case. The Albemarle County Police Department has arrested 31-year-old Cleve Kush on a charge of burning or destroying a dwelling. A sprinkler system in the apartment limited the size of the fire and the damage it caused. The Fire Marshal’s Office reports the damage estimate is about $1,200. The investigation into the arson is underway. One person was taken to the hospital for possible smoke inhalation. The Red Cross is helping the apartment residents.
Apartment Building, Residential Battle Ground, WA – Sprinkler system suppresses apartment fire; No injuries and damage minimized June 19, 2015 viking210 A fire sprinkler successfully suppressed an apartment fire Tuesday afternoon in Battle Ground, minimizing potential damage. Nobody was home when the fire broke out in a unit at Meadow View Apartments, said Clark County Fire & Rescue Division Chief Mike Jackson. Firefighters were called to 611 N.W. 20th Ave. at 2:49 p.m. The oven had been left on the clean setting and ignited items on the stove, Jackson said. “The fire was luckily controlled with a single sprinkler head before we got there,” he said. There was minimal fire and water damage, though a neighboring unit may have some water damage, Jackson said. Without the sprinkler, the fire could have grown to be much worse and caused more damage. Fire sprinklers are activated by heat, going off when it reaches around 165 degrees.
Apartment Building, Residential Centreville, VA – Sprinklers extinguish unattended cooking fire in four-story apartment building June 16, 2015 viking210 A Saturday morning fire at a Centreville apartment injured one person and left nine other people without a home, according to the Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department. Fire and rescue units responded at about 10 a.m. to the blaze at 5852 Post Corners Trail, in a complex behind the Newgate shopping center. They found that a sprinkler system had extinguished the fire before they arrived, but light smoke filled the four-story apartment. One occupant was transported to the Washington Hospital Burn Center by ambulance with non-life threatening injuries, the fire department said. Damage to the apartment is estimated at $23,000. Smoke alarms alerted the apartment’s 10 occupants to the fire, which was caused by unattended food left on a kitchen stove, the fire department said. The Red Cross is helping the occupants.
Apartment Building, Residential Fallbrook, CA – Apartment fire contained to room of origin by sprinkler system June 15, 2015 viking210 The fire broke out at 8:45 a.m. Saturday in the 900 block of Alturas Road. Firefighters say a sprinkler in the ceiling put out the fire, and contained it to one room in the home. No injuries were reported. The apartment had extensive water damage, and the unit above had some smoke damage. No word yet on what caused the fire.
Apartment Building, Residential Toms River, NJ – Overnight apartment fire extinguished by single sprinkler June 8, 2015 viking210 A flash fire caused when a resident tried to extinguish burning candle wax was controlled when the building’s automatic sprinkler system turned on, fire officials said Monday. Two apartments at Greenview Way in The Villages at Bey Lea apartment complex were left uninhabitable due to damage from the fire Sunday evening, said James Mercready, director of the Toms River Bureau of Fire Prevention. One person suffered minor injuries, he said. Firefighters from the Pleasant Plains Fire Company responded to the call at 11:20 p.m. and upon arrival found the fire — in the bathroom of one apartment — had been extinguished by a single fire sprinkler head that activated, Mercready said. Toms River Fire Inspector Dominick Roselli determined the fire was accidental. Candle wax caught fire on the kitchen stove, and when the resident put it in the bathroom’s shower to put it out, it created a flash fire, Mercready said. The resident suffered minor injuries but refused medical attention, he said. Firefighters checked for extension of the fire and performed ventilation, as well as shutting off electric and gas service to the two units because of the damage, he said. Mercready said it is the second fire extinguished by the automatic sprinkler system at the complex and fifth sprinker-controlled fire in the township since October. “In each case, one fire sprinkler head activated and controlled and suppressed the fire,” he said. “A properly designed, installed and maintained fire sprinkler system is an essential component in fire and life safety as well as property protection.” “The rate of effectiveness has been very good during the more than 100 years they have been in use in the United States,” Mercready said. Due to the extent of the damage, Roselli ruled two apartments uninhabitable, but six others in the building were able to be reoccupied, Mercready said.
Apartment Building, Residential Suffolk, VA – Apartment fire contained to kitchen by sprinkler system June 2, 2015 viking210 Firefighters responded to a residential fire in downtown Suffolk around 11 a.m. Sunday morning in the 200 block of East Washington Street. When crews arrived, they found that the fire had been suppressed by a sprinkler system in the kitchen of the second floor apartment. The fire was contained to the kitchen and there was no extension of fire into other apartment units or into the retail businesses on the street level. There were no injuries. The kitchen fire was ruled accidental.
Apartment Building, Residential Fort Collins, CO – Apartment kitchen fire extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries May 31, 2015 viking210 Firefighters responded to a kitchen fire at an apartment complex in south Fort Collins on Thursday evening that left one unit temporarily vacant. The flames were extinguished by fire sprinklers at 6915 Autumn Ridge Drive before Poudre Fire Authority arrived on scene shortly after 9:30 p.m. Thursday. No one was injured during the incident. The fire caused an estimated $5,000 in damage and required those who live in the unit to temporarily relocate while restoration takes place, PFA said. It wasn’t immediately clear how the fire started in the kitchen.
Apartment Building, Residential Temple, TX – Sprinklers stop spread of apartment fire caused by rechargeable battery May 28, 2015 viking210 Investigators say a rechargeable battery for a radio controlled model airplane is what started a fire at a Temple apartment Tuesday afternoon. Temple Fire & Rescue crews responded to a fire call at about 3 p.m. at Pecan Pointe Apartments. Firefighters saw smoke coming from the apartment, and were able to quickly locate the flames and extinguish them. Firefighters credit the building’s fire sprinkler system with limiting the fire damage to the one apartment, which received a little fire damage, along with moderate smoke and water damage. One downstairs apartment also received water damage. No injuries were reported, but the fire displaced two families. The apartment is making arrangements to house those families. The fire, which was under control by 3:21 p.m., was ruled unintentional. Investigators say a rechargeable battery for a radio controlled model airplane is what started the blaze. Temple PD and Scott & White EMS also responded to the call.
