Category Archives: Apartment Building
Winnipeg, MB, Canada – Sprinkler system activated for fire at apartment building
Crews with the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service were called to the fire at a five-storey building in the 100 block of Creek Bend Road just after 1:40 a.m.
When firefighters got to the scene, they found smoke and flames coming from the building.
The city noted the sprinkler system was activated, and crews extinguished the fire just after 2:20 a.m.
Paramedics treated one person at the scene, but they did not have to go to the hospital. The evacuated residents used Winnipeg Transit buses as temporary shelters.
Stoystown, PA – Sprinkler system activated for fire at apartment building
According to Stoystown Fire Chief Dave Johnson, the woman was found semi-conscious in her bedroom and was taken to Pittsburgh’s West Penn Burn Center for treatment due to her injuries.
The late-night response meant evacuating all of the Hite House’s residents from the building to Stoystown’s fire station a block away.
“Some of the residents had to be assisted from the building, but everyone was evacuated,” Johnson said, adding that no other injuries were reported.
Stoystown fire was alerted about the blaze at 11:04 p.m., he said.
Crews arrived to find smoke inside the building and one apartment with fire damage. Fortunately, the building’s sprinkler system did its job, but crews inside had to eliminate hot spots, Johnson said.
The three-story building suffered smoke damage through much of the facility, he added.
A second evacuation had to be conducted after a fire alarm signaled inside the building at approximately 2 a.m. Monday, but firefighters determined the alarm was faulty – perhaps due to damage sustained in the fire.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation, Johnson said.
A state police fire marshal is investigating.
Huntington, VA – Apartment kitchen fire extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries reported
Units responded to the eight-story apartment building in the 5900 block of Richmond Highway around 5:05 p.m. Saturday. Three residents were home when the fire occurred in the kitchen. A child found the fire and alerted her father, who unsuccessfully tried to put it out with a towel. The resident notified his roommate, who called 911.
Fire department units arrived to find the fire had been extinguished by the sprinkler system. Investigators determined the cause of the fire was an air fryer igniting on the electric stove top when a stove burner was accidentally turned on. Damages were estimated to be $25,000.
Four residents were displaced, and Red Cross assistance was declined. Building management is helping the displaced residents.
Kelowna, BC, Canada – Early morning balcony fire extinguished with help of sprinkler system
An early morning balcony fire was extinguished by Kelowna firefighters today.
The Kelowna Fire Department was called to the fire in the 900 block of Academy Way at about 4 am.
The first officer to arrive activated a sprinkler on the first-floor balcony, which successfully contained the fire.
Furnishings on the balcony were still damaged in the fire, however.
The fire has been deemed accidental.
KFD Platoon Captain John Kelly added: “We would like to remind everyone to fully extinguish smoking material in an appropriate container.”
Firefighters responded with three engines, a ladder truck, rescue unit and command vehicle with 16 crew members.
Madison, WI – Sprinkler system extinguishes apartment kitchen fire; No injuries reported
Authorities said occupants of the apartment complex in the 800 block of Williamson Street were evacuating the building as firefighters arrived just after 6 p.m. Tuesday.
When crews entered the building and made it to the second floor where the fire initially broke out, they found an automatic sprinkler flowing, but no active fire. Crews then shut off the sprinkler system and worked to remove water from the unit.
The occupant of the unit where the fire started told firefighters they were heating up a butane-powered hot pot when flames began coming from the butane bottle rather than the burner. The occupant threw water on the flames which caused a flare-up that triggered the sprinkler. The sprinkler put out the fire before firefighters arrived.
No one was injured in the incident, according to fire officials.
Nashville, TN – Sprinkler system extinguishes apartment kitchen fire; No injuries reported
According to a release from the Franklin Fire Department, the fire began around 9:49 a.m. at a four-story apartment building on Nichol Mill Lane.
The residents of the apartment were in the process of moving out and were outside putting items into their moving truck when the fire ignited.
The Fire Marshall says a stovetop burner was accidently left on and caused a carboard box placed on or beside it to catch fire.
The residents found the fire when they returned and tried to put it out with an extinguisher, but were not able to. They then evacuated the apartment. Crews say a single fire sprinkler head activated and put the fire out before the fire department arrived.
The Fire Marshal says because of that sprinkler system, only four apartments were damaged. Damage is estimated to be around $25,000. Nobody was injured.
No other information was immediately released.
Williamsport, MD – Apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries reported
The Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office says fire fighters were dispatched to 11339 CiCi Way just after 5:30 PM. . When they arrived, they found the fire had been contained and was extinguished by the sprinkler system. No one was hurt.
Damage is estimated at $1,000 to the structure, and $2,000 to the contents. .
Investigators says the fire started when the child playing with a lighter in a closet ignited some clothes on the floor. The heat from the fire activated the sprinkler head in child’s bedroom.
The Fire Marshal’s Office says 30 fire fighters responded to this fire call.
Manhattan, KS – Sprinkler system extinguishes blaze at apartment complex; No injuries reported
Fire crews were called to The Links of Manhattan apartment complex at 517 Gatlinburg Way around 3:45 a.m. on a report of a structure fire.
When they arrived, they said they could not see any flames or smoke coming from the three-story apartment building outside.
Crews investigated and found a sprinkler system in the kitchen of a first-floor apartment had put out the fire.
Firefighters then searched the apartment and rescued a dog and cat. No one was home at the time of the fire.
The apartment building has 24 units. Investigators estimate a total loss of $20,000 to the building, but only the unit that caught fire was affected.
Manhattan Fire said the cause remains under investigation.
McFarland, WI – Exterior fire sprinkler controlled second-story balcony fire
At 11:21 a.m., crews were dispatched to the fire at 5601 Lexington St. in the village of McFarland, which they found controlled by an exterior fire sprinkler head. They were able to extinguish the fire within about 15 minutes of it being reported.
According to a press release from the department, the sprinkler prevented the fire from extending into the attic of the building, though it did spread into the furnace room of the apartment, displacing one tenant.
Though the apartment that caught fire was unoccupied, one apartment resident was transported by a city of Madison ambulance with a non-life-threatening medical emergency.
A passerby called 911 after seeing the sprinkler activate.
“Without the fire sprinkler and fire alarm system, the fire’s outcome would have been much worse,” the department said in a release.
The city of Madison and city of Monona fire departments, along with the McFarland Police, responded to the incident as well.