Category Archives: Other – Retail

Other - Retail, Retail

Retail store fire put out by sprinkler system (Champaign, IL)

April 17, 2014 viking210

Firefighters responded to a fire reported in a retail store the morning of Tuesday, April 15. When they arrived, they found that there had been a small fire, but the fire had been extinguished by the store’s fire sprinkler system. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, and there were no injuries reported.

Other - Retail, Retail

Retail store fire suppressed by installed sprinklers (Cambridge, ON)

April 1, 2014 viking210

An electronics retailer had a fire break out, and local firefighters were alerted at about 1:30 a.m. on Monday. The facility’s fire sprinklers suppressed the majority of the flames. Cambridge fire officials believe the fire was started by a faulty extension cord. There were no reported injuries.

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Sprinklers limit damage at tire distribution business (Chambersburg, PA)

March 31, 2014 viking210

No injuries occurred from a fire at a tire distribution facility on Saturday afternoon. An employee smelled smoke coming from a stack of tires that were placed floor to ceiling, and he called fire crews to the scene.

“The fire triggered the sprinkler system and did what it was designed to do,” Chambersburg Fire Department Captain Tim Ebersole said. He does not believe that work will be suspended at the business.

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Sprinklers extinguish fire at Goodwill donation center (Tomball, TX)

March 8, 2014 viking210

Shortly after midnight on March 4, firefighters were called to an automatic fire alarm at a local Goodwill Donation Center. When they arrived, they found light smoke coming from one of the center’s processing workstations and a single fire sprinkler activated. Upon reviewing the surveillance footage, they discovered that a fire had begun at the workstation, with the lone sprinkler activating and putting out the flames. The fire is being ruled as accidental, and no one was injured in the incident. According to reports, the property value saved from the fire is estimated at $1.2 million.

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Fire caused by unattended candle suppressed by sprinkler system (El Mirage, AZ)

March 3, 2014 viking210

A West Valley business was saved by its sprinkler system after the building caught fire early Sunday morning. Fire crews from several cities responded the fire at Party Rental near Thunderbird and El Mirage roads. Firefighters saw smoke coming from the building but the fire had mostly been extinguished by the sprinklers when they arrived on scene.”These people will be able to occupy their business Monday morning,” El Mirage Fire Chief Howard Munding said. “If there was a fire without a sprinkler, these people would be out of business.”A burning candle was identified as the cause of the fire.

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Sprinkler helps to control arson fire at popular retail & entertainment venue (Las Vegas, NV)

January 25, 2014 viking210

A man was arrested and charged with first degree arson after allegedly setting fire to the loading dock, recycle area that services Neonopolis on the Fremont Street Experience Thursday morning. Fire dispatchers received the call at 3:09 a.m. Thursday that trash and a dumpster was on fire at the loading dock area for Neonopolis, which is a shopping mall and entertainment complex in Las Vegas, located on top of a $15 million city parking garage. After the fire started, a fire sprinkler activated and kept the fire under control until firefighters arrived on scene and put the fire completely out.  Damage was confined to the dumpster area.

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Fire at furniture repair shop controlled by sprinkler system (New Bedford, MA)

December 10, 2013 viking210

Stray sparks from the finishing booth of a furniture repair shop ignited a large fire on Sunday afternoon. Seven of the building’s fire sprinklers were individually activated from the heat of the fire which helped to contain the fire until firefighters arrived. There were no injuries reported.

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Fire at commercial business nearly put out by sprinkler system (Nazareth, PA)

December 3, 2013 viking210

Fire sprinklers activated at Bangor Cork, a commercial retail business, on November 29 when a fire broke out at about 8 a.m. The sprinkler system extinguished almost the entire fire with the fire declared out about 10 minutes after the initial notification of the fire.

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Thrift store fire put out by sprinkler system (St. Cloud, MN)

November 25, 2013 viking210

The cause of a fire at a St. Cloud thrift shop is under investigation.  The blaze started about 5 p.m. … The fire started in the merchandise storage area, said Greg Newinski, battalion chief at the St. Cloud Fire Department. The sprinkler system put it out. The damage to the store is estimated to be about $10,000; the merchandise, about $5,000, although that number could be significantly higher.

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Fire eliminated by sprinklers at retail plaza (Airdrie, AB)

November 25, 2013 viking210

A fire sprinkler system, which activated at a retail plaza which houses multiple businesses, extinguished a fire that occurred in the plaza’s utility control room. The fire crews found that the fire which had been burning but was the eliminated by the sprinkler system. No injuries were reported and the businesses in the plaza were not affected. “This was an instance of the way the building is engineered, with alarms and fire sprinkler system, doing what it is supposed to do,” said AFD Deputy Chief Garth Rabel. The cause of the fire is being investigated, but preliminary reports show that it is “suspicious in nature.”