Apartment Building, Residential Early morning apartment fire put out by sprinkler system (Sioux Falls, SD) November 3, 2014 viking210 Sioux Falls Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire at this three-story business and apartment building in downtown Sioux Falls around 4:30 a.m. Sunday. Firefighters said the fire started in a kitchen on the third floor apartment, but the sprinkler system quickly kicked in and put out the fire, containing the small amount of damage to the one apartment kitchen. All of the tenants were able to safely exit the building.
Apartment Building, Residential Single sprinkler saves blind man in high-rise apartment fire (St. Paul, MN) November 2, 2014 viking210 A stove top fire, which consumed the cabinet and crawled up the wall of a blind St. Paul man’s apartment, was extinguished by a single fire sprinkler. The man said he had accidentally left a plastic tray touching the burner and left the room while he was cooking a late lunch, according to a St. Paul Fire Department release. Firefighters responded to the blaze shortly after 3 p.m. on Oct. 30. The fire was in a high-rise apartment building at 1300 Wilson Avenue, owned by St. Paul’s Public Housing Agency. The fire department said the incident demonstrates the extreme effectiveness of sprinklers in putting out fires.
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.
