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Greenacres, FL – Sprinkler system activated for fire at residential unit; No injuries reported

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Fire rescue units responded to a fire in Greenacres on Sunday. Greenacres Fire Rescue said it, along with the assistance of the Palm Beach County Fire Rescue responded to a report of a room-and-contents fire at 3400 South Jog Road.

When crews arrived, they located a fire confined to a single resident’s room. Fire rescue said the fire was quickly controlled and did not spread beyond that area. Fire rescue also credited the building’s sprinkler system, which activated as designed and assisted with the suppression of the fire.

As a precaution, fire rescue said residents in the affected wing of the building were temporarily relocated due water damage from the sprinkler activation and the shutdown of electrical power to the wing of the building.

Fire rescue said residents will remain relocated until remediation is complete and power is safely restored.

No injuries were reported in the incident and fire remains under investigation.

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Eugene, OR – Sprinkler system controls cooking fire

Eugene Springfield Fire responded Thursday to 3648 N. Delta Highway for a cooking fire that was controlled with a residential sprinkler system.

Officials say the resident was cooking and had a stovetop fire that spread up to the kitchen cabinets before being controlled by the sprinklers.

Fire crews on scene assured extinguishment, searched, salvaged belongings, and overhauled the scene to assure no spread.

“Ladder 11 from the Santa Clara station, Truck 1, Battalion 1 and the Fire Investigator are on scene,” the fire department said Thursday afternoon.

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Kelowna, BC, Canada – Fire extinguished by sprinkler system before fire crews arrived

The Kelowna Fire Department was called to the Samuel Place supportive housing building Tuesday afternoon for a minor fire.

The blaze was sparked shortly before 2 p.m. at 280 McIntosh Road, according to assistant fire chief Dennis Craig, and was contained to a single unit.

The building’s sprinkler system extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived and Craig says crews acted quickly to shut off the water to limit damage to the rest of the building.

A resident of the building tells Castanet residents of the floor where the fire occurred have spent the afternoon mopping out their rooms.

Craig says nobody was displaced due to water damage, but the unit where the fire occurred is uninhabitable for now. The people living there, however, have been moved to another unit within the same building.

Craig says the cause of the fire is still under investigation, but he recommends that anyone who receives electronics for Christmas with lithium-ion batteries, like e-bikes, should follow manufacturer advice when charging.

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New Haven, CT – Sprinkler system activated for fire in bedroom; No injuries reported

A bedroom fire was contained on Sunday morning in New Haven, according to the fire department.

Fire officials received a call for an odor of smoke around 10 a.m. at a home on Park Street.

Arriving crews encountered a fire in a bedroom that was being held in check by a sprinkler system.

Firefighters contained the fire and no injuries were reported.

The fire is under investigation.

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Kelowna, BC, Canada – Sprinkler system activated for balcony fire; No injuries reported

At approximately 11:55 pm Tuesday, the Kelowna Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 1700 block of Gordon Drive. Initial arriving crews had audible alarms going off with people outside. Crews made entry to one of the units and found medium smoke conditions, the fire was contained to a single unit with the sprinkler system activated. Fire was extinguished quickly by initial arriving crew, but some water damage occurred to the single unit. The origin of the fire was on the back patio/balcony and unknown cause. There were no injuries to the resident or KFD personnel.

KFD responded with 3 Engine companies, Rescue truck, Ladder Truck and Command vehicle, for a total of 17 personnel.

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Bayonet Point, FL – Sprinkler system activated for fire at housing complex; No injuries reported

Dozens of people are temporarily out of their homes after a fire set off the sprinkler system on Monday night, causing water damage.

What we know: Pasco County Fire Rescue says crews responded to Bethlehem Housing in the Bayonet Point area after a small fire started on the third floor.

Firefighters quickly put out the fire and no injuries were reported, according to fire officials, but water damage from the sprinkler system forced about 30 residents to evacuate.

The Red Cross is helping those displaced.

What we don’t know: The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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New Berlin, WI – Sprinkler system controls fire in residential garage; No injuries reported

A vehicle fire early Wednesday morning was brought under control by a garage’s sprinkler system, authorities say.

According to a release from the New Berlin Fire Department, crews responded at 2:13 a.m. for reports of a vehicle fire at 12560 West Mac Alister Way after a neighbor said they saw smoke coming from a garage.

Once on scene, officials say a large multi-family residential complex had its sprinkler system activated, controlling the vehicle fire in the garage and allowing firefighters to quickly extinguish the rest of the fire.

No one was hurt in the incident, and damages were limited, with residents being allowed to reenter their homes within an hour.

There is no information on what caused the fire, and an investigation into the incident is ongoing.

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Eugene, OR – Cooking fire contained by sprinkler system

Eugene Springfield Fire responded Thursday to 3648 N. Delta Highway for a cooking fire that was controlled with a residential sprinkler system.

Officials say the resident was cooking and had a stovetop fire that spread up to the kitchen cabinets before being controlled by the sprinklers.

Fire crews on scene assured extinguishment, searched, salvaged belongings, and overhauled the scene to assure no spread.

“Ladder 11 from the Santa Clara station, Truck 1, Battalion 1 and the Fire Investigator are on scene,” the fire department said Thursday afternoon.

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Perris, LA – Sprinkler system extinguishes stovetop fire

One person was taken to a hospital for evaluation following a stovetop fire at a three-story, multifamily building in Perris Tuesday.

The fire in the 20 block of South D Street was reported at 8:05 a.m. Tuesday and extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system before firefighters arrived, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

The Red Cross was requested to provide assistance for eight adults displaced in the fire, the fire department reported.

No firefighter injuries were reported.

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Quesnel, BC, Canada – Sprinkler system activated at housing center

Four people were rescued from a fire at the Bridges Supportive Housing building in Quesnel this (Wednesday) afternoon.

The Quesnel Volunteer Fire Department was called to Elliott Street just before 2 o’clock.

We spoke with Fire Chief Ron Richert on the scene.

“Upon arrival we had a room on the second floor that had an active fire and heavy smoke. Crews were able to act quick and get that person, we had one person transported to G.R. Baker, they were rescued out of the building quite quickly. We did have three people on the third floor that were rescued, and the remaining occupants were quickly evacuated out of the building.”

Richert says the sprinkler system helped to suppress most of the fire, although he says there is some damage.

“We do have quite a bit of water damage on the first and second floors.”

Richert says they had a very quick response from the fire department, BC Ambulance, and the RCMP.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.