Category Archives: Apartment Building

Apartment Building, Residential

Apartment kitchen fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Decatur, IL)

Food left cooking on a stove resulted in a small apartment fire. “It was a small fire,” Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Abbott said, “and the sprinkler system (in the apartment) had extinguished it by the time we got there. All we had to do was turn off the sprinkler system valve and ventilate the apartment. It was a successful use of the sprinkler system.” No injuries were reported.

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinkler system makes the difference in apartment kitchen fire (Jackson, NJ)

Jackson Firefighters responded to a second kitchen fire at a residence on Victoria Circle. There were no injuries reported, according to Station 55 Chief Timothy Carson. Fire fighters were dispatched, and on arrival, found that the occupants had been cooking when a flash fire erupted. The sprinkler system and two installed extinguisher pods inside the cook-top exhaust fan put the fire out.

Apartment Building, Residential

Fire sprinklers prove effectiveness in apartment complex fire (Vancouver, WA)

Firefighters say a sprinkler system saved an apartment complex from what could have been an overnight fire.
They arrived and found a plastic box and a cardboard box were left on a stove with a lit burner, said Kevin Stromberg, spokesman for the Vancouver Fire Department. The boxes caught fire and activated the sprinkler system. The residents were not home at the time.  The fire could have easily affected multiple families, especially early in the morning, he said.

Apartment Building, Residential

Cat survives apartment fire thanks to fire sprinkler system (Portland, OR)

Firefighters who responded to a southeast Portland apartment fire could hear screaming inside and see smoke seeping from under the door. So they kicked in the door and found — a cat.

Fire spokesman Ron Rouse says the cat — named Dude — was fine after the firefighters took him outside Wednesday evening and gave him some oxygen.

Rouse says the apartment resident had taken some warm clothes from the dryer and set them on a couch near some oily rags, then left the apartment. The spokesman says the combination of heat and the oily rags created spontaneous combustion. The apartment’s automatic sprinklers contained the fire to the couch.

Apartment Building, Residential

Apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Iqaluit, NU)

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinkler system extinguishes apartment fire started by unattended smoking material (Republic, MO)

A sprinkler system extinguished a fire Saturday at an apartment complex in Republic that suffered major fire damage two years ago.  Republic city officials required the sprinkler system to be installed after the first fire in 2010 that caused  $600,000 in damage.  The fire on Saturday started on the deck of unit H-6 after someone left smoking materials unattended.  “This time we were lucky,” Compton said. “The sprinkler system put it out.”