The Providence Fire Department responded to Bissell Street around 10:15 p.m. for a report of a small mattress fire on the second floor.
Upon arrival, crews said the sprinkler system in the apartment helped to take down much of the fire.
Deputy Chief Mahoney said two units out of about twelve are inhabitable due to water damage.
One man was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Crews stayed on scene until about 12 a.m. investigating.
Early this morning, a fire call came in to dispatch.
The sprinkler system went off and helped contain the fire until vcrews could make it upstairs and put it out.
Then about 20 minutes later, other crews were called to the Crossings Apartments, just a few blocks away, for another fire.
It was darkened down quickly as police became involved in the investigation.
Investigators believe both fires were deliberately set by the same person, and they are developing clues.
Grandview Towers has been in the news this week for elevators that do not work, where wheel-chair bound tenants on the 10th floor have no way down.
It’s unclear whether the elevators were working at the time of the fire.
This is a developing story…
The fire department was called to 185 Lyon Street North at 8:15 a.m. as residents were brought to the building’s lobby. The smoke and water was limited to a unit under renovation and an adjacent unit. Fire crews were clearing the scene within the hour.
An apartment fire in downtown Aurora caused $35,000 worth of damage early Sunday morning.
Aurora firefighters responded to a fire alarm in an apartment building around 1:30 a.m. on the 100 block of East Downer Place, fire officials said in a news release.
Firefighters saw smoke on the upper floors and located the source in an apartment on the second floor where a sprinkler head activated and extinguished a fire in the living room area, officials said.
The fire was contained to the apartment but adjacent units sustained water damage. The resident living in the apartment was displaced and assisted by victim services to find temporary housing.
Cooking left on the stove is being blamed for the fire, which left a third-floor apartment and one below it uninhabitable, Beavercreek Twp. Fire Lt. Matt Clark said.
The sprinkler system kept the fire in check and extinguished it quickly.
Lt. Clark estimated the damage to the apartments and their contents at $20,000.
The person taken to a hospital suffered from smoke inhalation, he said.
Crews were dispatched to the Lofts, 2621 Hibiscus Way, just after 11 p.m. on the report of a structure fire, according to Beavercreek police and fire dispatch.
The McKinney Fire Department (MFD) responded to the report of a structure fire at The Rustic of McKinney Apartments (2700 North Brook Dr.) on Thursday, Nov. 7. MFD units found a single fire sprinkler had activated and extinguished a grease fire in a pan that was left on the stovetop.
No one was injured and the fire sprinkler reduced costly damage to a minimum as well as limited the amount of repair time tenants would be kept out of the apartment. Investigators say the resident was distracted by a cellphone when the fire broke out.
“Home fires caused by cooking peak around Thanksgiving and Christmas,” said Merit Ossian, McKinney Fire Department PIO and Education Coordinator. “With those holidays coming up, this is a good reminder to be diligent when you’ve got food on the stove or in the oven.”
More safety information can be located at www.mckinneyfire.org or www.nfpa.org.
Firefighters responded around 4:30 a.m. to the apartment complex in the 7100 block of New Laredo Highway after receiving reports of a ringing alarm.
Firefighters said it appears someone set fire to a Halloween decoration hanging on the door of a third-floor apartment.
Authorities say the fire never went beyond the door, but it did set off the sprinkler system and the building alarm, alerting residents.
The sprinkler system dumped water onto the concrete landing outside the apartments but very little got inside anyone’s home, firefighters said.
There were no reported injuries.
When fire crews got to the scene and found a dryer on fire in a fifth-floor apartment. They say the unit’s fire sprinkler system brought the blaze under control, but that smoke and water damage left it uninhabitable.
No other units were affected and no injuries were reported, fire officials say.
According to the Wheaton Fire Department, the cause of the fire appears to be accidental.
Fire crews in Scranton are on the scene of another high-rise fire.
The call came in around 5:45 a.m on Thursday for a fire at the Adams High-Rise Apartments on Adams Avenue.
Officials say the fire started in a storage unit on the second floor. The sprinkler system did go off.
Two residents were taken to the hospital for breathing in smoke, and a firefighter does have a minor injury.
A fire inspector is looking into the cause.
This is also the second fire at a high-rise in Scranton in less than 24 hours.
The McKinney Fire Department (MFD) responded to a call Saturday evening about a grease fire in a kitchen at the 1701 at Eldorado apartments. MFD units arrived to find the fire had been extinguished by a single fire sprinkler head placed in the ceiling above the stove that kept damage to a minimum. No one was injured.
“Incidents like this highlight the need for more home fire sprinkler systems;” said McKinney Fire Marshal Mike Smith. “Without the fire sprinkler’s fast response, those flames would have spread quickly. That means more costly damage and a longer repair time.”
Fire Fact: Only intense heat can activate a fire sprinkler system. Smoke will not cause water to release from the sprinkler heads
More safety information can be located at www.mckinneyfire.org or www.nfpa.org.
