Category Archives: Warehouse

Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse

Somers Point, NJ – Sprinkler system assist firefighters in controlling blaze at boat storage facility

The fire inside the boat rack building at Waterfront Marine at the base of the Route 52 causeway Wednesday could have been much worse, Fire Chief Michael Sweeney said.  Had the boats there caught fire, the melting fiberglass would have created hazardous conditions, Sweeney said. When the call came into the Fire Department at 5:34 p.m. of smoke inside the building on Goll Avenue near the bay, Sweeney called for fire crews from Scullville, Bargaintown, Ocean City and Linwood to assist and for Cardiff to provide coverage for the fire companies at the scene. The Marmora Volunteer Fire Company did both.

Sweeney and other firefighters arrived within minutes. A large industrial forklift was on fire inside the building, he said.  “I saw heavy black smoke coming out of the rear. The doors are down, but it’s pushing out of the rear of the building, and smoke (was) coming out of the side of the garage doors,” said Sweeney, who added there was zero visibility inside the building when he arrived. “One hose team stretched a line inside the side door, and the second crew went to the rear and used power saws to cut through the rolled-up (garage) door, and they stretched a line in through the back.”

Firefighters took about 10 minutes to extinguish the forklift fire and ventilate the building, Sweeney said.  An Atlantic County Emergency Services Hazmat team kept water runoff — and the mixture of leaking oil from the forklift and water from the sprinkler system — from entering the bay, Sweeney said By 8:14 p.m., only Somers Point firefighters were left.  Had the boats themselves caught fire, firefighters could have been on the scene until Thursday morning, Sweeney said.  No one was injured in the fire, officials said.

Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse

Aurora, IL – Warehouse fire kept in check by sprinkler system; No injuries reported

Aurora firefighters responded to a piece of equipment that was on fire in a warehouse near Interstate 88 and the Aurora outlet mall.

Firefighters found a large one-story warehouse filled with smoke around 1:49 a.m. Tuesday in the 900 block of Corporate Boulevard, officials said in a news release.

Upon further investigation, firefighters found a large hopper filled with foam and padding that was on fire. A sprinkler head activated which helped keep the fire under control until 24 firefighters were able to completely extinguish the fire with hoses in one hour, according to the release.

Officials said the fire was probably caused by the machine overheating.

There were no injuries, officials said. The fire damage was contained to the hopper and did not spread to the building, the release stated.

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Houston, TX – Sprinkler system helps contain warehouse fire near Bush Airport

Firefighters with the Houston Fire Department put out a warehouse fire near Bush Intercontinental Airport early Thursday morning.

Just after midnight, seven HFD units responded to the large fire at the warehouse on Lee Road at North Road.

Heavy smoke was coming from the warehouse where a pallet with merchandise on it somehow caught fire.

According to District 102 Chief Charles Medina, the sprinkler system inside the warehouse kept the fire contained.

If the sprinkler system hadn’t been in place, Chief Medina said, the fire could have become a 2-alarm or 3-alarm fire.

“That sprinkler really did helped out a lot. It kept (the fire) in check. And that’s what a sprinkler system does, it doesn’t completely extinguish it, but it does keep it in check.” he said.

There was merchandise from various businesses, like Amazon, inside the warehouse to be shipped by plane.

Medina said there was no structural damage and no injuries.

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Oklahoma City, OK -Warehouse fire kept in check by sprinkler system; No injuries reported

A fire at a warehouse in southwest Oklahoma City was quickly put out by crews Monday night.

The Oklahoma City Fire Department says the initial report of the fire was received by an alarm monitoring company.

Fire crews were requested and sent to the scene around 11:03 p.m. near SW 29th and Council.

When crews first arrived, they found visible smoke coming from the roof vents of the warehouse. Officials say were were also offices in the building.

The fire was found in the warehouse portion of the building, and likely started in an area where a cutting torch had been used earlier in the day.

OKCFD says the sprinkler system kept the fire from becoming too big.

Crews were able to quickly put the fire out.

There were no reports of any injuries.

Officials say the fire caused around $5,000 in damage.

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Stockton, CA – Sprinkler system keeps semitrailer fire from spreading into warehouse at packaging company

The cause and origin of a two-alarm fire Sunday night that burned two semitrailers, a train car and the roof of a nearby packaging warehouse in east Stockton remains under investigation today, according to the Stockton Fire Department.

The fire was called in at 8:17 p.m. as a warehouse fire, but when crews arrived they observed two semitrailers fully involved with flames extending to the nearby warehouse operated by Pflug Packaging at 1203 N. Gertrude Ave. in an industrial area north of East Fremont Street. A boxcar on a rail siding just west of the trailers also burned.

A Pflug spokeswoman said the impact of the fire on operations was “minimal.” No one but security personnel were on site at the time, the fire affected an empty corner of the large warehouse and the structure’s sprinkler system kept flames from spreading to palletized boxes inside.

Firefighters had the blaze under control within 30 minutes, the Fire Department reported. Department spokesman Jeff Whitlock said six engines, two truck companies, two battalion chiefs and the chief’s operator responded to the scene. The last unit remained for mop-up until about 10:45 p.m. No injuries were reported.

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Kansas City, MO – Fire at police evidence warehouse contained by sprinkler system

A warehouse used by Kansas City police to store evidence and property was damaged by a fire early Thursday.  Kansas City firefighters were called about 12:30 a.m. to the 5300 block of Municipal Avenue.  Fire crews said a sprinkler system did work, containing the fire. No injuries were reported.  The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Police said they are assessing the damage, and that is too early to know how many cases will be effected.  Officials said only a few shelves out of the entire warehouse were burned. That warehouse contained evidence dating back to the 1970’s.  The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office said it is working with KCPD to determine any potential impact to criminal cases.

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Suffolk, VA – Sprinkler system helps contain warehouse fire; No injuries reported

Crews with Suffolk Fire & Rescue responded to a commercial fire at the Pacorini Global Warehouse in the 100 block of Industrial Drive Wednesday afternoon.  The call originated as a fire alarm with water flow from a sprinkler at 2:13 p.m.  Firefighters arrived at the warehouse to find moderate smoke coming from one of the facility’s back doors and immediately began an interior search.  The fire was contained to two large lumber packing crates with the sprinkler system active in the immediate area. Firefighters conducted a secondary search of the building after extinguishing the fire. The affected crates were removed from the warehouse.  The fire was called under control at 2:34 p.m. No evacuations were required, and no one was injured.  Crews remained at the scene to ventilate the building. The Norfolk Fire Department provided mutual aid with a fan truck.  The Fire Marshal’s Office is handling the investigation.

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Everett, WA – Plastic fire in warehouse knocked down by sprinkler system

Saturday afternoon Everett Firefighters were called to a warehouse in the 7200 Block of Hardeson Road in southwest Everett to a report of a fire alarm.

The first engine in found smoke coming from a large industrial building. Firefighters entered and found the sprinkler system had knocked down a fire in some plastic material.

The building was filled with smoke and it took crews some time to get the building aired out but damage was minimal.

An investigator was working to determine the cause of the fire. No damage estimate was available.

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Hamilton, ON, Canada – Sprinkler system helps limit damage, saves structure in food warehouse fire

The facility where all food for Fortino’s supermarkets is stored and packaged suffered heavy smoke damage after a multiple-alarm fire broke out in a back storage area Friday morning.  Firefighters were called to the commercial building on Rymal Road East around 9:22 a.m. and found a large fire in a room where cardboard is stored.  The building’s sprinkler system had activated and additional firefighters were called in to take on the flames with an “aggressive interior attack,” according to department spokesperson, Claudio Mostacci.  No injuries reported  Officials say smoke from the fire caused a total of $255,000 in damage, including $233,000-worth of food. Mostacci said the city’s Health Department was called in because of the damaged food. No injuries were reported. The Ontario Fire Marshal has been called in to investigate what caused the fire.

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Medford, OR – Warehouse fire controlled by sprinkler system; Fire kept small minimizing damage

A well maintained sprinkler system helps keeps warehouse fire small in Medford last Thursday.  At 7:53 p.m. Medford Fire-Rescue responded to a an alarm sounding on the 500 block of S. Front Street. When firefighters arrived they found a warehouse with the smell of smoke and the fire sprinklers were on.  Additional crews from Jackson County Fire District #3,#5 and Medford Police were called to assist.

Fire crews were able to locate the small fire and extinguish it quickly. They then moved on to getting the smoke out of the building.  “Early detection by alarm systems and a well maintained sprinkler system kept this fire small, resulting in minor damage,” MFR wrote on their Facebook page.  The Deputy Fire Marshall says it appears that the fire started outside near an old wooden reinforced garage door. The fire then moved into the warehouse and caught a shipping crate material that stored two air conditioner radiators on fire. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. No injuries were reported.