SVFD crews said they knocked the fire down quickly and contained it to the deck.
Category Archives: Residential
Poughkeepsie, NY – Sprinkler system controls accidental kitchen fire at Hillcrest House
Houston, TX – Sprinklers help control high rise apartment fire; no injuries
Portland, OR – Sprinklers halt spread of fire caused by crafting heat gun
South Williamsport, PA – Sprinkler system quickly suppresses fire at care home; No injuries reported
Gainesville, FL – Fire in elevator room at off-campus apartment complex extinguished by sprinkler system
Hampton, VA – Sprinkler system contains fire at senior apartment building; no injuries
Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue responded to a fire in an apartment complex Wednesday morning, officials said. Dispatch was notified about 10 a.m. of a working incident at the Tidewater Senior Apartments in the 1400 block of West Queen Street.
The fire was put out shortly before 10:20 a.m., dispatch said.
No one was displaced by the incident, and no injuries were reported.
Charleston, IL – Grease fire at University Court Apartments put out by sprinklers
A grease fire was reported at 7:02 p.m. Sunday in the Cooper Building of University Court Apartments. Assistant Fire Chief Steven Bennett of the Charleston Fire Department said the residents in apartment 23 were cooking when the grease got too hot and started to catch fire.
There was minimal fire damage and little water damage in other apartments.