The fire happened in SeaTac in the 3700 block of 209th Place, according to Puget Sound Fire.
Neighbors used fire extinguishers to put out the fire. The sprinkler system also went off which helped diminish the flames.
No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
There were no injuries in the fire at the 184-unit five-story building, a statement from Kevin C. Batzel, chief of the Brick Township Bureau of Fire Safety said.
Brick Township emergency dispatch received an alert about a waterflow activation at the apartment complex at 3:47 p.m. and first responders found an active fire in a second-floor apartment, Batzel said.
The fire happened in a hamper in a bedroom and the fire sprinkler head in the bedroom activated, dousing the flames, and firefighters confirmed the fire was under control within minutes of their arrival, then made quick work of smoke that lingered, he said.
The fire was contained to that room with some minor water and smoke damage to that apartment and apartments on either side and on the first floor, Batzel said.
Residents of all of the apartments except those that suffered damage were able to return to normal within hours, Batzel said.
“The bureau would like to thank the quick response of all the Brick Township fire departments, our mutual aid companies, Brick Township Police, Brick EMS and Townshipo Emergency Management for their quick response,” the statement said.
“It should be noted that the working fire sprinkler system and smoke alarms activation kept damage to a minimum in conjunction with the quick fire department response,” Batzel said. “Working alarms and the presence of fire sprinklers are imperative to fire and life safety and no doubt kept the fire small and controllable with minimal disruption to the building.”
Fire Chiefs Joe Licandro and Tom Bisbal of Fire District 1 were in control at the scene, and inspectors Joseph Sansone and Paul Matula from the fire bureau investigated.
Around 3:30 p.m., fire crews were called out to the residential high-rise at 50 E. 13th St.
A KCFD spokesperson said firefighters completed extinguishing the fire with assistance from the sprinkler system. Crews remained on the scene as of 4:15 p.m. to limit any water damage to units on floors below.
No injuries were reported from the fire. The KCFD spokesperson was not sure if the apartment was occupied at the time of the fire.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
Division Chief of Prevention and Inspection Mark Mlekush said a fire was reported at an apartment complex on Traceway Drive off Fish Hatchery Road around 1:30 p.m.
Fire crews arrived to sounding alarms, but they couldn’t find an active fire. After a search of the building, crews found a single sprinkler had triggered and put out a kitchen fire before it spread.
Because the sprinkler activated quickly, fire damage was limited to the immediate area of the kitchen.
The complex’s residents were briefly evacuated, but were able to return home within an hour.
Mlekush said without the automatic sprinkler system, it was “highly likely” the entire building would have been compromised by the fire.
Sprinklers extinguished a fire in an apartment complex on Saturday morning.
According to officials, on Saturday, July 8 at 11:22 a.m., Fargo Firefighters were dispatched to a report of fire alarms sounding in an apartment building at 4462 30th Ave S. When firefighters arrived, light smoke was observed in a first floor hallway.
Firefighters found water coming from under a doorway midway down the hallway.
When Fargo Firefighters opened the door, they were met by smoke banked down to the floor.
Officials say a search of the apartment found no one inside and a small bedroom fire that had activated a fire sprinkler; the sprinkler had fully extinguished the fire. The resident of the apartment was found outside on her first floor patio.
Fire and smoke damage to the bedroom and its contents was minor due to the sprinkler activation. Prior to the sprinkler being shut down by Fargo Firefighters, the water had migrated into several neighboring apartments.
A local water removal contractor was brought to the scene by property management. Tenants were allowed back into the adjoining apartments and will not be displaced.
The cause of the fire is under investigation and a preliminary damage estimate is not yet available.
Chief Christopher Coleman said that firefighters responded to an apartment building at 12 Moody St. around 11 p.m.
Upon arrival, firefighters observed coming from a second floor apartment, in which a small fire was being contained by the building’s sprinkler system.
Coleman said the department was able to extinguish the fire with mutual aid from fire departments from Attleboro, Plainville, Foxboro, Mansfield, Cumberland, Rhode Island, Mansfield MEMA and Providence Canteen.
The department said it searched and evacuated all 22 apartments in the building.
The chief added that no injuries were reported, and two people were displaced and are being assisted by the Red Cross.
The cause of the fire is being investigated by the North Attleboro Fire Department Fire Investigation Unit.
In response to a reader inquiry, Cape Wide News reached out to Yarmouth Fire and received the following statement from Deputy Chief Jon Sawyer: “The building is not habitual at this time. There are 40 apartments and 39 were occupied. As of 7:30 PM (Saturday), the sprinkler and fire alarm systems had been restored, broken windows in the fire apartment had been boarded up and restoration crews were on scene working hard to remove water and dry things out. All three floors sustained water damage.
The towns Building and Electrical Inspectors were on scene and are ready to assist contractors as soon as they are ready.
Families were allowed back into the building to collect medications and belongings as soon as it was safe.
Red Cross did a fantastic job assisting families as well as the management of the complex.
Everyone involved knows families are displaced and are doing everything possible to get them back home as quickly as possible.”
The apartments were constructed on the site of the former Cavalier Motel.
A sprinkler system put out a fire at a Madison apartment building.
Fire officials say crews were called to the 600 block of Sand Pearl Lane overnight Wednesday.
There was haze in one unit and smoke coming from a vent outside the deck.
Firefighters found the fire in the garbage area, which was completely controlled by an automatic fire sprinkler.
Ladder 2 was able to finish the job with their own water can extinguisher. The crew rolled the dumpster outside and Engine 9 filled it with water so the fire could not reignite.
Officials say this is the eighth “sprinkler save” in Madison this year.
Automatic fire sprinklers are shown to be highly effective in detecting a fire quickly and keeping it contained, if not extinguishing the fire altogether before firefighters arrive.
According to the fire Wausau Fire Chief, a fire was in a room on the third floor, but the sprinkler system contained the blaze. There was water damage but mostly to the room where the fire took place.
Multiple trucks from the Wausau Fire Department responded to the apartment complex which was recently completed off 17th Avenue for a fire call shortly after noon Tuesday.
There wasn’t much smoke or fire visible from the outside of the building. The building is owned by Bantr.
No one was injured in the fire.
The fire department first received reports of a fire via a water flow alarm in a 14-story apartment building on 801 Tupper St shortly after 4 a.m.
Firefighters responded to apartment 303 in the building and found that a sprinkler system activated and extinguished a fire from the kitchen. Firefighters found a woman on the ground of the living room floor and brought her to the first floor lobby. A small dog was also found in the apartment.
The woman was transported to a local hospital for evaluation.
Fire officials deemed the apartment uninhabitable because of severe water and fire damage. Water damage also affected seven other apartments in the building, said firefighters.
