Apartment Building, Residential Fire at high-rise apartment building put out by sprinkler system (Roanoke, VA) October 30, 2014 viking210 Some residents in Melrose Towers in Roanoke are displaced after their homes sustained water damage in a small fire Monday afternoon. No one was hurt. The fire was reported at 1:50 p.m. Monday at Melrose Towers, which is in the 3000 block of Melrose Avenue. The fire started in an eighth-floor apartment. The fire was put out by the sprinkler system in the building.
Apartment Building, Residential Trash chute fire at apartment complex extinguished by sprinkler system (Portland, OR) October 30, 2014 viking210 A small fire in a garbage chute or trash room closed an apartment complex in the 1900 block of SW Morrison in front of Providence Park Sunday afternoon. The fire was put out by sprinklers. No one was injured.
Apartment Building, Residential Kitchen fire at apartment building controlled by sprinklers (Holyoke, MA) October 27, 2014 viking210 A sprinkler system in a Paper City apartment building did exactly what it was designed to do on Saturday after a resident left food to burn on a stove. The alarm sent firefighters to 164 Sargeant St. just after 1 p.m. Saturday. Upon arrival, firefighters saw no outward signs of fire but the 5-story apartment building’s alarm and sprinkler system were activated. An investigation determined that a tenant in an apartment left food on the stove unattended, causing the building’s fire suppression system to activate. No injuries were reported in the incident.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system keeps fire contained at four-story senior living complex (Woodbridge, VA) October 22, 2014 viking210 Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue responded to a fire in a four-story senior living apartment complex in Woodbridge, Va. Monday morning. There was smoke and fire on the first floor dining room area when crews got to the scene. Some of the furniture caught on fire and the smoke spread throughout the first floor and to the other floors above, the fire department said. The sprinkler system went off, which kept the fire from spreading while crews were able to put out the fire. Nobody was injured in the incident. Residents were able to evacuate the building safely.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system acts quickly to extinguish apartment fire (Pembroke, MA) October 21, 2014 viking210 A small fire at a Pembroke Woods apartment building recently forced residents to evacuate, but was put out by the building’s sprinkler system. At about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 14, a fire was reported. Pembroke Fire Chief Jim Neenan said the fire took place in one room of the apartment, where the resident had improperly disposed of a cigarette. No one was hurt in the fire.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system acts quickly to extinguish apartment fire (Pembroke, MA) October 21, 2014 viking210 A small fire at a Pembroke Woods apartment building recently forced residents to evacuate, but was put out by the building’s sprinkler system. At about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 14, a fire was reported. Pembroke Fire Chief Jim Neenan said the fire took place in one room of the apartment, where the resident had improperly disposed of a cigarette. No one was hurt in the fire.
Apartment Building, Residential Another apartment building saved by fire sprinkler system (Pullman, WA) October 21, 2014 viking210 A kitchen stove and cabinets in a third floor apartment in Pullman were damaged when a pot on a stove caught fire about 2:30 p.m. Saturday. It was extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system, the fire department reported. No injuries reported. The unit was occupied by a family of three.
Apartment Building, Residential Residents of historic apartment building saved with help from fire sprinkler system (Minneapolis, MN) October 19, 2014 viking210 Four people escaped an apartment fire in Minneapolis overnight. Crews say the fire broke out around 11 p.m. Wednesday on the third floor of the Stonehouse Square Apartments on the 200 block of Broadway Street Northeast. The fire was contained to one unit and was extinguished by a sprinkler system in the apartment complex, firefighters say. The fire chief says the fire appears to have started on the stove.
Apartment Building, Residential Automatic fire sprinkler system helps minimize damage in apartment fire (Brattleboro, VT) October 19, 2014 viking210 A fire that originated inside a Western Avenue building early Thursday morning left only one room and part of the roof damaged. The building was totally occupied at the time of the fire, Brattleboro Fire Chief Mike Bucossi said. According to Bucossi, the fire started where the vent pipe furnace comes off the pellet furnace. It traveled up the wall and into the attic space. “Two of the sprinkler heads activated and it really helped to contain the fire,” said Bucossi. “It made a big difference in the overall outcome of how serious this fire could have been.”
Apartment Building, Residential Kitchen apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Elkton, MD) October 18, 2014 viking210 A stove-top fire caused about $7,500 damage to an apartment building in Elkton, Maryland, fire officials said Wednesday. The fire was reported about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in an apartment under renovation in a three-story building formerly known as The Ritz, said Oliver J. Alkire, senior deputy state fire marshal. A sprinkler system put out the first-floor fire before firefighters arrived. No injuries were reported.
