Category Archives: Grocery Store / Super Center

Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail

Huntington, WV – Sprinkler extinguishes overnight fire at Aldi grocery store

A sprinkler system likely saved a Huntington grocery store from sustaining more serious damage early morning Monday. Cabell County 911 received word of the fire at 4:39 a.m. at Aldi, a discount grocery store in the 400 block of Adams of Huntington. No injuries were reported.

Huntington Deputy Fire Chief Brian Grieco said crews believe boxes stacked against a light might have contributed to the small fire. A sprinkler activated and quickly extinguished the flames in a rear storage area.

Firefighters worked to clear smoke before leaving the store. Grieco said store officials were working with its alarm provider and another company to recharge the system and clean the store.

Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail

Goodyear, AZ – Fire at Walgreens store put out by single sprinkler

Officials believe a photocopier is to blame for the fire that started at a Walgreens in Goodyear Wednesday morning, according to the Goodyear Fire Department.  Crews were dispatched to a fire at a Walgreens on Indian School and Litchfield roads at about 3:55 a.m. Wednesday, officials say. Firefighters originally reported smoke coming from an office in the back of the store, but a single sprinkler head from the automatic fire sprinkler system managed to put the fire out.

The fire did not extend to any part of the store and was under control by 4:09 a.m., according to officials.  Three employees and three customers were in the store when the fire broke out, but self evacuated after the building’s fire alarm warned them, according to Goodyear firefighters.

No one was hurt. Firefighters believe the fire originated from a photocopier in the office, but investigators are continuing the investigation at this time. Twenty-eight fire personnel responded to the incident, and crews remained on scene for about an hour to help with water and smoke removal, according to officials. It was not immediately clear when the store would reopen.

Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail

Scranton, PA – Supermarket fire contained to storage area by sprinkler system

Fire in the Gerrity’s Supermarket on Meadow Avenue in Scranton Monday night has the store closed today.   A quick response from the Scranton Fire Department, and the automated sprinkler system are credited with keeping the fire contained to a small storage area.   The damage to the building is minor, but the store is shut down as health inspectors look at food stored in the building.  

The store had from $500 thousand to a million dollars worth of merchandise inside when it broke out.  Store officials expect they will have to throw out a lot of fruit, vegetables, baked goods and food from the deli.  They are looking to reopen as soon as possible.  Scranton Fire officials will search for the cause, but the owners tell Eyewitness News cleaning equipment may have sparked this fire. 

Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail

Henderson, NV – Sprinklers activate to help control fire at Vons grocery store

** Note – Sprinklers are not activated by smoke – Only the substantial heat from a serious fire **

A Vons grocery store in Henderson caught fire Thursday and had to close for the night, according to a city of Henderson news release. The Henderson Fire Department responded to the store at 2667 E. Windmill Parkway, near Pecos Road, shortly after 8 p.m. The fire was in the roof where construction was recently done, the release said. The sprinkler system was activated by smoke in the rear of the store.

The grocery store was evacuated and closed for repairs. The store reopened Friday morning. There were no injuries. The cause of the fire was deemed accidental, but an estimated cost of damage could not be determined until Vons can inventory the lost food products, the release said.

Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail

Puyallup, WA – Fire at Walmart kept in check by sprinkler system; No injuries

Firefighters controlled a large, smoky fire that forced customers and employees to leave a Puyallup Walmart store on Tuesday night.

KOMO-TV reports that Central Pierce Fire and Rescue spokesman Ed Hrivnak said the fire started about 9:30 p.m. The fire department received multiple reports of a fast-moving fire in the garden area.

No injuries were reported.

Hrivnak says the store’s sprinkler system kept the fire in check. It was under control by about 11 p.m.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known.

Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail

Glendale Heights, IL – Sprinkler system extinguishes early morning fire at produce store

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** NO MEDIA COVERAGE – Fire Sprinkler Contractor Reported **

A call was received last Wednesday morning at 4:30 am from Valli Produce at 155 North Avenue in Glendale Heights.  An electrical fire started in a storage room that contained Cardboard and Styrofoam. Three of the four sprinklers within the room activated. The fire was extinguished by the time the Fire Department arrived.  All four sprinklers were replaced and the system was returned to service. The store opened Wednesday at its normal time.  The sprinkler system was installed in December of 2013.

 

Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail

Kingman, AZ – Sprinklers help put out oven fire at Safeway store

A burning rotisserie oven forced the evacuation of the Safeway store in Kingman at 3970 N. Stockton Hill Road early Tuesday afternoon. The oven reportedly caught fire while cooking chicken.

The small fire set off the sprinkler system in the store, said Joe Dorner, assistant fire chief for the Kingman Fire Department, and crews from that department and Northern Arizona Consolidated responded to help extinguish the fire and clear up lingering smoke in the store.

Kingman Police Department officers helped evacuate the store.  Both fire departments were working with Safeway to help reset the sprinkler system. No injuries were reported.

Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail

Chattanooga, TN – Fire at Walmart quickly extinguished by sprinkler system

Chattanooga firefighters responded to a reported fire shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Walmart on Gunbarrel Road. Captain Teri Rose, the incident commander, said the fire was located in the women’s clothing section.

Captain Rose said the fire involved one circular clothing rack.
 
The smoke and fire activated the building’s sprinkler system, which quickly extinguished the flames.

No injuries were reported.

Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail

Sprinkler system activates, helps control fire at H-E-B grocery store (Bastrop, TX)

The Bastrop Fire Department responded to a fire call at Bastrop H-E-B on Hasler Boulevard at 9:11 p.m. Tuesday, according to Bastrop Fire Chief Henry Perry. The fire, which broke out near the aisle containing paper towels and toilet paper, took approximately 45 minutes to contain, he said. Perry said the cause of the fire was unknown as of Wednesday morning. The case is under investigation, the chief said. “The fire protection system in the building worked like it was supposed to,” he said. “It worked perfectly.”

Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail

Sprinkler system keeps fire from spreading at grocery store (Mesa, AZ)

A small fire was big enough to force the evacuation of a Basha’s grocery store in Mesa on Monday night. The fire started in one of the store’s aisles about 9 p.m. and the store’s sprinkler system prevented it from spreading, a Mesa Fire Department spokesman said. All customers were evacuated safely from the store near Brown Road and Mesa Drive, the spokesman said.