LVFR spokesman Tim Szymanski said crews were called to 755 N. Nellis Boulevard at about 6:10 a.m. Aug. 9.
Szymanski said a fire sprinkler quickly put out the fire that started in a restroom at Marketon Supermarket. LVFR crews reported very little damage and no injuries.
Emergency crews responded to a fire Monday morning at a strip mall in Surfside Beach.
A call came out for a fire at 1610 South Highway 17 Business at 6:39 a.m., according to an online post from Horry County Fire Rescue.
The fire was brought under control with the help of the building’s sprinkler system. The building was also worked for possible hot spots and ventilated during the overhaul process, the post states.
There were no reports of injuries.
The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.
Crews responded to the fire shortly after 3 a.m.
When crews arrived on scene, they found heavy smoke filling the building.
Firefighters entered the building from the front and called for reinforcements. They found the fire in the back of the building near the loading dock.
Fire investigator Rob Garrison said the fire started somewhere in the vinyl or foam lining of the loading dock pad.
Garrison said a triggered sprinkler head helped keep the fire contained before crews arrived.
The fire damage was confined to the back wall, the area where trucks load and unload, and a truck that was backed up to the door at the time of the fire.
No one was injured and no one was inside the building when the fire started.
Garrison is still investigating the cause of the fire.
The store is closed until further notice.
Bennington Rural Fire Chief Joey Hayes confirmed his department received the call for the fire, which started at about 8:15 a.m. Saturday.
“It was a clothing rack that caught fire,” he said. Crews contained the fire within 10 minutes, and remained on scene for about another four hours. About 50 people responded.
Officials are “leaning towards” the fire being electrical, Hayes said.
Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette confirmed there were no injuries in the fire.
Besides Bennington Rural, Hayes requested crews respond from the Bennington Fire Department and North Bennington Fire Department.
“This being the holiday weekend [and] not knowing who’s around,” he said.
When crews arrived, the fire was visible from the front of the store, he said.
“By the time we got into where the fire was, the sprinkler system went off,” Hayes said. Crews used only about 100 gallons of water to put out the fire.
“The sprinkler did its job maintaining it,” he said. “We had to use very minimum water.”
The building sustained heavy smoke and water damage, but “very light” fire damage, he said.
“The smoke was throughout the whole building,” he said. “They had water damage. The sprinkler system went off. They had to get all the water cleaned up and everything.”
Hayes said the store was closed Saturday and Sunday. The store manager said on Facebook Sunday that the store remained closed while cleanup was being completed.
The fire is no longer being investigated by the fire department, Hayes said. It is not considered suspicious.
The incident prompted a brief evacuation of the Morimoto restaurant on the first floor as water cascaded down the outside of the building.
Fire officials said the fire was confined to the compost toter, which was located in a trash room, and damaged none of the upper floor residences.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A fire alarm notified firefighters at 11 p.m. July 2 at Mat Masters, 1055 Paramount Parkway, Batavia, but it was extinguished by a sprinkler system, the release stated.
When firefighters arrived, however, the building had smoke and they upgraded the situation to a general alarm for a fire. Other responding agencies were St. Charles, Geneva, North Aurora and Fermilab, who assisted with overhaul and ventilation, the release stated.
Firefighters controlled the area within 20 minutes by 11:30 p.m., the release stated.
No one was injured and the cause of the fire is under investigation, officials said.
According to its website, www.matmastersil.com, the company offers floor mats, napkins, table cloths, towels, aprons, paper products, hand soaps, air fresheners and dust mops.
John Denormandie, owner of Mat Masters, said firefighters had to go through the building to make sure there were no hot spots, which can reignite the fire.
The company’s second shift of two employees had just left an hour before the fire alarm, Denormandie said.
“As of right now, I have no idea how it started,” Denormandie said. “There is no third shift.”
The first shift has seven employees, he said.
The business was operational by 4:30 a.m., he said.
“The first shift is in at 5:30 a.m., but they came in early at 4 a.m. to clean up,” Denormandie said. “We have the most amazing employees. … They showed up. How much more could I ask? They’re good people.”
The incident happened just before 5:40 p.m. inside Macy’s, according to Crabtree Valley Mall spokesman Brian Asbill.
Asbill said “a small fire” broke out and caused the sprinkler system to deploy.
Raleigh fire officials said the blaze broke out in the upstairs men’s fitting room.
The sprinklers then extinguished the fire, Asbill said.
Raleigh fire officials said 25% of the building was damaged and that the cause was “incendiary,” although they did not explain further the fire’s cause.
Officials said 35 firefighters responded to the incident.
No one was injured.
Friday evening, crews were cleaning up merchandise damaged by water, Asbill said.
The Ford Road doors reopened today after two days of cleanup work.
Store personnel declined comment. They learned Saturday morning a recliner with electrical components had combusted.
Fire Chief Chris Stoecklein said firefighters were dispatched to an alarm at the store around 5 a.m. Saturday
Upon arrival, they saw some light smoke inside the building. They made a forced entry and discovered a sprinkler system had put out the fire.
They worked on mitigating the smoke damage and turning off the sprinkler system.
Stoecklein said the small blaze was probably an electrical fire, causing about $30,000 in damage to the recliner and its surroundings.
Art Van’s Canton store opened in early 2018. It was the first completely new store the furniture business built in 20 years.
Morris Fire Chief Tracy Steffes said the accidental fire was caused by a malfunctioning deep freeze that caused some racks of dry goods to catch fire.
The sprinkler system was activated containing the blaze until fire personnel could arrive. Steffes said this was an excellent example of where a fire suppression system saved a building from a multi-million dollar loss.
He also said a large amount of man power was needed to place fire attack lines into service due to size of the building. They also used the MABAS Division 10 large ventilation fan to clear smoke from building, which was filled with smoke from floor to ceiling. The fan came from the Lyons Fire Department.
The incident was investigated by the Illinois Fire Marshal’s Office, MABAS Division 15 Arson Investigators, Morris Police and Fire Departments. Estimated damages including loss of revenue due to being closed are at $1 million so far.
No injuries were reported and the business was closed on Sunday.
25-year old Jobe Lunski, of Ardoch, North Dakota, was arrested on a charge of endangerment by fire.
Police say the ignited gas created a significant flash fire that caused minor injuries to another employee and damage to a customer’s vehicle and the building’s structure
Firefighters who responded to Lithia Ford at 2273 32nd Avenue South Wednesday afternoon found the fire has already been extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system.
