Apartment Building, Residential High Rise Houston, TX – High-rise apartment fire quickly extinguished by sprinkler system June 2, 2016 viking210 A high-rise apartment building in southwest Houston was evacuated Tuesday night after a fire erupted in one of the units. The blaze broke out about 7:45 p. m. at the Conquistador apartments at 7575 Bellaire near Fondren, according to the Houston Fire Department. Officials said the small fire was in an eighth-floor kitchen of the seventeen-story building. The sprinkler system operated well and the fire was quickly extinguished. Firefighters evacuated the building, cleared smoke from the high-rise and inspected electrical equipment to make sure water had not created hazards. Later, residents were allowed back inside their apartments. No injuries were reported.
Residential, Residential High Rise Madison, WI – Residential high-rise fire limited by sprinkler system; No injuries reported May 15, 2016 viking210 The Madison Fire Department says the automatic fire sprinkler system kept a fire in the YWCA building from spreading. Firefighters were called to the building at 101 E. Mifflin Street just before 5 p.m. Saturday evening. The fire department says the fire was in the fifth floor hallway. The first unit in found heavy smoke on the fifth floor, so firefighters activated a second alarm. With the help of the sprinklers, fire crews had the fire under control by about 5:15 p.m. Everyone who lived in the building was able to return. The Madison Fire Department says the Red Cross helped some families with emergency needs and Metro Transit provided a bus for residents to stay warm while the building was evacuated. Damage is estimated at $25,000. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. ******** UPDATE (WKOW) — Fire Chief Steven Davis on the scene says the fifth floor of the YWCA, where the fire was located, is residential housing. The people there have been evacuated. No one’s been asked to leave the rest of the building, however. Crews were able to put out the fire. No injuries are reported – though there is some water damage. Investigators on the scene are trying to determine the cause and when the fifth-floor residents can be let back in. ******** MADISON (WKOW) — Madison firefighters are responding to a second alarm at the downtown YWCA location. The fire department supervisor on duty says the call came in just before 5:00 p.m. for smoke coming from the fifth floor of the structure at 101 E. Mifflin.
Residential, Residential High Rise Phoenix, AZ – Sprinkler system assists firefighters in controlling high rise fire April 18, 2016 viking210 A trash compactor caught fire in a central Phoenix high rise on Saturday, Fire Capt. Red Bigler said. The Phoenix Fire Department was called to the high rise building on the southeast corner of Central Avenue and Lexington to investigate reports of a fire. Crews encountered light smoke and an active sprinkler situation surrounding the fire, which was located in a trash compactor, Bigler said. Firefighters were able to control the fire and no evacuations of the building were ordered. No one was injured in the incident
Apartment Building, Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential High Rise Windsor, ON, Canada – Fire at senior high-rise apartment building controlled by sprinkler system April 9, 2016 viking210 Fire broke out late Wednesday night in a unit in a high-rise apartment building across from Coventry Gardens in Windsor. John Lee, with Windsor Fire and Rescue, says no one was injured. “We got a call about 10:15 p.m. to the Amica building. It is a vulnerable occupancy [building]. It’s a nursing [and] rest home, senior’s living. There was a fire on the second floor in one of the units. The sprinkler system activated. The resident got out safely,” he said. Windsor Fire and Rescue says because the sprinklers activated and kept the fire under control. An investigator will look into what started the fire on Riverside Drive, near Pillette Road.
Apartment Building, Residential High Rise Hackensack, NJ – Kitchen fire in high-rise apartment building contained with help from sprinkler system April 2, 2016 viking210 Grease on a stovetop caught fire Wednesday evening, spreading flames to an apartment’s microwave and cabinets before firefighters put it out. The single-alarm blaze at 140 Prospect Ave. was reported at 7:11 p.m., Fire Lt. Justin Derevyanik said. Firefighters found smoke on the 14th floor of the apartment building and discovered that the fire had been partially extinguished by the sprinkler system in apartment 14A. Several other apartments suffered water damage. Firefighters put out the flames within 10 minutes, Derevyanik said. Three residents suffered smoke inhalation as they were getting out of the building; a man and a woman were treated at the scene while another man was taken to Holy Name Medical Center. Twenty-six firefighters from Hackensack and Teaneck responded, as well as Hackensack EMTs..
Apartment Building, Residential High Rise Evanston, IL – No injuries in high-rise apartment fire extinguished by single sprinkler March 28, 2016 viking210 A fire in a high-rise building can be one of the most frightening and dangerous incidents for any resident and one of the most challenging and complex operations for any fire department. Firefighters must contend with numerous factors like location of the fire beyond the reach of ground ladders, wind driven fires, tremendous manpower and resources needs, as well as the evacuation of residents. On March 12, at approximately 4:30 p.m., the Evanston Fire Department responded to 1900 Sherman Ave. for the fire alarm activation. Upon arrival they were informed of a kitchen fire on the 11th floor with water flowing in the stairwell and smoke showing on the 11th floor. The fire investigation team found that a kitchen fire in an 11th floor unit had been extinguished by a sprinkler head activation, allowing an invalid resident and guest of the unit to escape to safety into the hallway to await assistance. One resident was treated for smoke inhalation and transported to the local hospital for follow-up care. The Red Cross assisted three residents, who were displaced for two days. It was just last November that the Cook County Housing Authority, under the direction of the Evanston Fire Prevention Bureau retrofitted 1900 Sherman Avenue with sprinklers throughout the building, including the residential units. “There is no doubt in my mind that the upgrade to the suppression system saved the day for us, but more importantly, the lives of the residents and limited the damage to this property,” stated Fire Chief Klaiber. Evanston Fire had no report of injury to personnel.
Residential High Rise, Townhouse / Condominium Pittsburgh, PA – Fire at high-rise luxury condominium building controlled with help from sprinkler system March 14, 2016 viking210 No one was injured in a 3-alarm fire in a kitchen Friday night at Piatt Place, a high-rise condominium complex Downtown. The fire was reported at 7:30 p.m. at 301 Fifth Ave., the city’s Department of Public Safety said. Crews were working at midnight to ventilate the building and assess damages. The fire was labeled as 3-alarm due to the size of the building, the department said. It started in a kitchen in a residence on the sixth floor; the building’s sprinkler system assisted in containing the fire. The cause was under investigation.
Residential High Rise, Townhouse / Condominium Highland Beach, FL – Fire at oceanfront high-rise condominium building controlled with help from sprinkler system March 6, 2016 viking210 Delray Beach Fire Rescue was called to an oceanfront Highland Beach high-rise condominium last Sunday afternoon when a fire started in a fourth-floor unit. No one was injured in the fire, according to Delray Beach Fire Rescue spokesman Capt. Kevin Saxton. “The fire is out, but there is significant water damage to the building because of the sprinkler activation and our suppression effort,” Saxton said. Saxton said he did not yet know what started the fire in the unit at the Wiltshire House Condominiums, 2909 South Ocean Blvd. The call alerting the fire was made at about 3:45 p.m.
Residential, Residential High Rise Rochester, NY – Kitchen fire on 14th floor of residential high-rise controlled with help from sprinkler system; No injuries February 26, 2016 viking210 There was a small fire Tuesday night at the city’s new downtown residential high rise. It started as the result of a cooking accident in the kitchen of one of the units on the 14th floor of Tower 280 around 8 p.m. The automatic sprinkler system that was triggered did cause water damage to three elevators, to the apartment where the fire started and some units below it. No one was injured. Tower 280 opened in January. Ken Glazer of Buckingham Properties tells WXXI News about ten percent of the building’s units are now occupied
Residential, Residential High Rise Chicago, IL – Fire on 50th floor of Trump Tower put out by sprinkler system February 19, 2016 viking210 Firefighters responded to reports of a fire at Chicago’s Trump Tower Thursday morning. Around 9 a.m., crews were dispatched to 401 N. Wabash in the city’s River North neighborhood after receiving a call on a still and box alarm fire in a trash compactor on the hotel’s 50th floor. An EMS Plan one was called to the scene with multiple ambulances, officials said, but the small fire was quickly put out by the hotel’s sprinkler system. Chicago Fire Department District Chief Tim Sampey said the fire “was minor” but firefighters spent extra time going through the 98-floor high-rise to ensure the smoke did not build. No injuries were reported. Fire officials said the hotel received minimal damage and moderate smoke damage from the incident. The cause of the fire is still unknown.
