Category Archives: Residential

Residential, Residential High Rise

Sprinkler system extinguishes fire at high-rise apartment building (Boise, ID)


Boise firefighters responded with a full high-rise response after an alarm from the 15th floor of the Grove Hotel. The alarm and sprinklers were apparently activated by a candle burning in a Halloween decoration left outside one of the residential condominiums. The hotel suffered no fire damage. The hotel was briefly evacuated with only a minor disruption to ongoing business.

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinkler system extinguishes apartment cooking fire (Leavenworth, KS)

A Leavenworth Fire Department official says a fire at an apartment Monday night could have been a lot more serious if it hadn’t been for a sprinkler system. Water from the sprinklers extinguished the flames from a cooking fire at Abernathy Lofts before firefighters arrived. It also was reported that a woman who had fallen asleep in the apartment was awakened when the sprinklers went off, according to Assistant Fire Chief Mark Nietzke. “This is a good example of what a sprinkler system can do,” he said.

Apartment Building, Residential

Off-campus apartment fire contained by sprinkler system (Ettrick, VA)

The blaze began in one of the off-campus apartments that was being used for storage. The building’s sprinkler system helped keep the fire from spreading to other units. Fire officials said the stove in the apartment was accidently turned on and lit items on the stove on fire. No injuries were reported and the students who live in the building were able to return to their apartments within hours of the fire.