Category Archives: Retail

Department Store, Retail

Fire sprinklers minimize damage at Ace Hardware (Piedmont, CA)

January 9, 2014 viking210

When a fire began in the storage room of an Ace Hardware just after four in the morning on Sunday, January 6, the fire sprinkler system in that back room activated, minimizing the potential damage from the fire. Investigator’s believe the fire began due to an electrical malfunction, and no one was injured in the incident. The store reopened on Monday, January 7.

Retail, Shopping Mall

Sprinkler keeps fire from spreading at strip mall (San Jose, CA)

January 4, 2014 viking210

On January 2 at 2:15 p.m. firefighters arrived to put out the remaining fire at a strip mall. The firefighters report that they were first alerted to the fire when the automatic fire sprinkler water flow alarm was activated. The fire sprinkler kept the fire from spreading, preventing damage to other businesses in the strip mall. The cause of the fire is still under investigation; no one was injured in the incident.

Dry Cleaner, Retail

Sprinkler system helps to save commercial laundry business from early morning fire (Grand Junction, CO)

December 26, 2013 viking210

Fire crews responded to a commercial laundry and linen service, about 1:10 a.m. and found an active fire inside a large bin containing clean rags and mop head, Battalion Chief John Williams said.
A fire sprinkler immediately adjacent to the burning bin activated, helping to keep the fire from spreading to other bins and pallets. Williams credited the fire alarm and sprinkler systems for alerting the Fire Department and keeping the fire in check, limiting the damage.

Retail, Shopping Mall

Arson fire extinguished by fire sprinkler (Lehigh Valley, PA)

December 17, 2013 viking210

At about 3:44 a.m. on Sunday, December 15, a fire alarm was set off at the Carbon Plaza Mall. Fire crews who arrived at the scene found that the fire had already been eliminated by the building’s fire sprinkler system. Investigators report that the cause of the fire was likely arson, but no one was injured in the incident.

Other - Retail, Retail

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.

Other - Retail, Retail

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.

Other - Retail, Retail

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.

Other - Retail, Retail

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.”

Department Store, Retail

Sprinkler system aids firefighters in furniture store fire (Fresno, CA)

November 19, 2013 viking210

A late night fire at a furniture store was extinguished by the store’s sprinkler system and local firefighters on Sunday. The store, which is located in a strip mall, neighbors a Petco pet store, but the fire was contained to the furniture store. No one was injured in the fire.

** Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by reporter Amanda Venegas and ABC30, who focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system**

Other - Retail, Retail

Sprinkler system aids firefighters at fire in Toys R Us (Paramus, NJ)

November 13, 2013 viking210

A fire occurred overnight at a Toys R Us retail location on November 12. The cause of the fire, which began in a second-floor stockroom, was confined to that area by the store’s fire sprinkler system.

“The store’s automatic fire sprinkler system kept the fire contained,” Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said.

Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire within a half hour, and all of the store’s employees were able to evacuate the premises safely. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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