LaGrange fire crews responded to a fire at an apartment complex shortly after noon Saturday.
The fire happened at Mallard Lake Apartments on Old Airport Road.
As firefighters were en route to the complex, Troup County 911 was told that a bathroom in an apartment unit was on fire.
Firefighters were able to contain the fire with a sprinkler system and quickly extinguished the fire with a minimal amount of water.
No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Residents were evacuated from an apartment on the south side of Des Moines early Wednesday morning.
Fire crews were called to 1516 Evergreen Avenue at around 5:45 a.m.
Fire officials say there was a grease fire in the kitchen of a first-floor apartment that caused water and smoke damage to the apartment and the hallway.
Fire Captain Tim Patava said there were no injuries in the fire and more than a dozen were evacuated.
Alarms and sprinklers were tripped by the fire and the fire was contained to that apartment.
Flames inside a high-rise apartment were caused by a wheelchair that caught fire, officials say.
Dallas Fire-Rescue crews responded to a fire call around 6 a.m. Wednesday at the Cliff Manor Apartments near the 2400 block of Fort Worth Avenue.
Investigators say the blaze was sparked by a wheelchair at the elderly housing community.
Firefighters say when they arrived at the complex they could see light smoke coming from the top floor. When they reached the unit where the smoke was coming from, they say the sprinkler system had already extinguished the fire.
Medics say an elderly man was in the unit when the fire sparked. He was transported to the hospital for a pre-existing medical condition, according to officials.
Authorities say no one was injured during the incident.
The Saskatoon Fire Department (SFD) said it received a residential fire signal from the building at 530 25th St. E. at 3:23 p.m.
Nothing was showing from the exterior of the building when crews arrived, but a check found smoke on the third floor from a fire in a suite, SFD said.
The building was evacuated and residents were taken to the neighbouring YWCA building. Tenants with mobility issues were sheltered in their suites.
The fire department said the building’s sprinkler system put out the fire prior to their arrival, but heavy smoke remained throughout the third floor.
Higher carbon monoxide levels were reported on the third floor and above, SFD said, and positive pressure ventilation was used on each floor to remove smoke and toxic gasses.
Residents were allowed back to their apartments once carbon monoxide levels returned to zero.
A fire investigator determined a candle ignited stationary on a desk, starting the fire.
Damage is estimated at $100,000 due to the significant amount of water discharged from the sprinkler system.
They received multiple calls of smoke and visible flames on the second floor of the apartments, with one caller speculating that it was a barbecue fire.
Upon arrival, firefighters saw light smoke on the second floor deck, but confirmed that the fire was extinguished.
Spokane Valley Fire Inspector Brett Anderson determined that residents were throwing out cigarettes into a cardboard box on the deck, which caught fire before an automatic sprinkler system put it out.
“Sprinklers work!” said Anderson, stressing the importance of having a working sprinkler system.
“Fire sprinklers are an effective method to mitigate fire damage,” said Spokane Valley Fire Marshal Greg Rogers. “They allow individuals the opportunity to escape a burning structure. You have about a 50% chance [to escape] compared to an 80% chance in a structure with a sprinkler system.”
The Fire Department has seen a rise in incorrect cigarette disposal over the past few months and recommends discarding cigarettes in clean metal paint cans.
“It originally came in as alarms ringing, but when the crews arrived on scene, they actually found there was a fire in a suite,” Maple Ridge Fire and Rescue chief Howard Exner said Wednesday.
Initially, two trucks arrived on scene when the call first came in just before 11 p.m., but that was soon upgraded to 10 trucks.
No one was home at the time, but there were two dogs and a cat in the suite, said Exner.
“And they’re doing fine.”
He added that the building is equipped with water sprinklers.
The sprinklers activated and stopped the progress of the fire, “and allowed us to put out the remaining parts of the stuff that was on fire,” Exner said.
In addition to the fire-damaged suite, there was also some water damage to units below.
There were no injuries.
According to the fire department, the first fire company that arrived reported a fire on a fourth-floor balcony.
Firefighters made their way into the apartment and found the sprinkler activated in the bedroom.
Glass from the balcony doors broke due to the fire and the sprinkler activated kept the fire from spreading.
Firefighters extinguished a small fire on the balcony that remained after the sprinklers were activated.
Several apartments received water damage due to the sprinklers. Fire crews used tarp to cover the affected areas.
All occupants were evacuating the building upon the arrival of firefighters.
Due to the frigid temperatures, apartment occupants were sheltered on the first floor until they got approval to return to their apartments.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. The Red Cross was called to assist two people.
FD stated that they were dispatched to an apartment fire and upon arrival they found a sprinkler controlled kitchen fire. They said prior to their arrival a Willowfork FD chief had arrived to active fire and water flow alarms, entered the apartment and found the fire extinguished by the automatic sprinkler system. There was minor water damage throughout the apartment but minimal fire damage. The occupant who rents the apartment and lives there with her daughter said that she was home heating a pot of cooking oil in preparation to make some fried chicken. The pot was unattended at times while heating. At some point she stepped out of the apartment. When she re-entered the apartment she saw the black smoke coming from the kitchen. Upon investigation she found the pot of oil had ignited. She placed a kitchen towel over the fire, located her daughter, left the apartment and called 911.
January 7, 2020 – The Pearland Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire in the 2500 block of Business Center Drive. Upon arriving department officials discovered that the kitchen fire had been extinguished by the fire sprinkler installed in the building. The fire was contained and extinguished using a single sprinkler head. The apartment suffered minimal smoke, fire, and water damage throughout. No injuries were reported.
