When firefighters arrived at the Walgreens at 2615 Burnsed Blvd. near the Sumter County Service Center in Wildwood, they discovered a small electrical fire that had triggered some of the sprinklers inside the store. The staff had evacuated into the parking lot and firefighters completed a thorough search and inspection of the building.
An employee said the store had remained open Wednesday after the incident was over and was able to reopen Thursday with normal business hours.
Maysville Fire Chief Kevin Doyle said MFD was called to the Lowe’s store at about 3:30 p.m., to answer reports of a fire inside the business located on East Maple Leaf Road.
When firefighters arrived they found a rack of lawn furniture cushions in the Lawn and Garden section in flames, he said,
The store’s sprinkler system had already activated to control the fire, Doyle said. Firefighters had the fire out in short order, he said.
“It was out pretty quickly,” he said.
There was no obvious source to have ignited the fire, Doyle said. The merchandise was not newly displayed and had been stocked for some time, he said.
Although there was electrical power source nearby it was not affected or damaged by the fire and remained intact, Doyle said.
No one was injured and the store was shut down for a short time, he said.
Detectives T.C. Rice and Michael Parsons of the Maysville Fire Department are reviewing security video to see who was in the area at the time the fire started, Doyle said.
Anyone with information about the fire is asked to contact Doyle at 606-564-2541 or Parsons at 606-564-9411.
Firefighters were called to a fire at Hardymon Lumber in downtown Maysville on Saturday evening. The fire destroyed the business’s office and showroom but did not spread to areas where lumber was stored. The business was up and running by Monday.
The cause of that fire has officially been listed as undetermined.
Spencer Wallace, 19, was booked into the Calcasieu Parish Jail and is facing one count of aggravated arson, public affairs director for the State Fire Marshal’s Office Ashley Rodrigue said.
Calcasieu Fire District responded to a fire at the Market Basket grocery store on the 300 block of Sam Houston Jones Parkway in Moss Bluff.
After assessing the scene and analyzing store surveillance video, which shows Wallace standing near the manager’s booth and setting a fire in a trash can, SFM investigators determined the fire was intentionally set.
In the video, Wallace was seen walking away after setting the fire that spread to the booth before the store’s sprinkler system extinguished it.
Wallace admitted to setting the fire in an interview with investigators and was placed under arrest.
Police say firefighters responded to a fire at the store on Golden Hill Road at about 8:15 p.m.
The building’s fire sprinkler system helped minimize the growth of the fire and it was contained within about five minutes of firefighters’ arrival. No one was injured.
The store opened for business as usual on Monday.
Police believe the fire was set as a distraction. They say a man entered the store shortly after 8 p.m. and hid a rolling pipe threader under a canvas drop cloth. After the fire was set and alarms and sprinklers activated, the man pushed the pipe threader out of the store.
Police believe the man was working with at least three other men. Investigators are asking for he public’s help to identify the people believed to be involved and a truck that may also be associated with the theft.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Paso Robles Police Department at (805) 237-6464.
Officials say the sprinkler system at Affordable Home Furnishings put out the fire but dumped enough water to flood the adjacent Family Dollar and CSL Plasma.
SFD is currently pumping out the water. No injuries were reported.
The fire is under investigation.
A fire caused damage at Park City Center in Lancaster on Friday morning.
The fire started in a food warmer at a kiosk in the center of the mall around 6:30 a.m., firefighters said.
The fire activated the sprinkler system. According to firefighters, there were two to three inches of water in the center of the mall and smoke throughout every wing.
There was moderate to heavy smoke in the center court.
Fans were brought in to clear out the remaining smoke. Some stores are now open.
Because there are restaurants in the mall, the health department was brought in to inspect them.
The fire marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.
Crews are at 10816 Kings Rd. for a fire that was initially dispatched at 2:56 p.m.
Rescue officials say the fire was extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system before it was able to spread.
There are no reported injuries and this fire is under investigation.
A security guard patrolling the area of Flagship Motorcars of Lynnfield on Broadway around 4 a.m. called 911 after noticing a glow coming from the front window of the building, according to Lynnfield Fire Chief Glenn Davis.
Firefighters responding to the scene found that a sprinkler system contained the flames to the vehicle but the building had been filled with smoke.
Crews dealt with freezing temperatures, which caused the parking lot to ice over.
One firefighter may have sustained a finger injury from falling on the ice but no one was transported to the hospital, Davis said.
Hours after the first fire broke out, a second vehicle parked in the lot outside the showroom started smoking and smoldering.
The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fires.
Fire officials are investigating a blaze that broke out at our local outlet mall Tuesday.
The incident happened shortly after 9 p.m.
According to fire officials, heavy smoke was seen inside a store at the Outlet Shoppes at Laredo.
At the time, smoke was coming through some of the clothing items at the store when the sprinkler system went off.
Fire officials say no injuries were reported and there were no damages to other stores.
Two fire trucks went to 6205 Dell Road at 8:12 p.m. in response to a water flow alarm after sprinklers went off in Best Cleaners, assistant chief Kurt Buchanan said. A bin of laundry had caught fire, but nothing else in the building burned and the responders’ main tasks were to ensure the bin was extinguished and clear the building of smoke and burnt materials, he said.
“It’s a good story, that sprinklers make a difference,” Buchanan said. “They’re designed to keep fires at bay.”
The fire department contacted Best Cleaners and the owner of the strip mall, which also houses Venice Nails and a Holiday gas station, Buchanan said.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, Buchanan said.
