Category Archives: Residential
Suspicious apartment fire put out by sprinkler system (North Bay, ON)
Sprinkler keeps fire from spreading at assisted living facility (Everett, WA)
Apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Ashland, OR)
At about 1 p.m. on Tuesday, February 25, the Ashland Fire and Rescue responded to a call of a fire at an apartment building. Upon arrival, they discovered that the fire had been put out by the complex’s fire sprinkler system. The fire began near a blender in one of the apartment units; investigators believe that it was caused by an electrical short.
“This was an eight-unit residential facility. We could have had a fire that damaged all eight units,” Ashland Fire Chief John Kams said. “It’s exactly why we’re trying to promote residential sprinklers.”
There were no injuries reported.
Single sprinkler head controls apartment fire (Katy, TX)
*** FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED – NO MEDIA COVERAGE *** A three-story apartment building caught on fire on Monday afternoon after a candle was left unattended. When fire crews arrived to the apartment, they found that there was no fire showing from the outside of the building, and upon investigating the unit in which the fire began, discovered that the fire had been mostly extinguished by a single sprinkler head. There were no injuries reported.
Apartment fire squelched by sprinklers (Ft. Wayne, IN)
Sprinklers eliminate fire at apartment building (Eau Claire, WI)
Sprinkler helps save apartment building from fire (Knoxville, TN)
Apartment fire controlled by sprinkler system (Covington, LA)
Fire sprinklers save historic building (Barre, VT)
A historic building which houses several apartments had a fire begin in a fourth floor unit. The fire began when items that were cooking on the stove were left unattended. The sprinkler system, reacting to the heat from the fire, activated and eliminated the blaze.
There were no injuries reported from the incident.