Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant East Brunswick, NJ – Sprinklers control fire at Olive Garden restaurant, Minimize damage November 28, 2014 viking210 3:26 a.m. Nov. 23. Emergency personnel responded to an early morning fire at Olive Garden. The small fire started in a light fixture on the roof above an employee bathroom, Fire Marshal John Talbot said. Talbot credited the fire companies and sprinkler system with extinguishing the fire quickly. The business was cleared to open Monday, he said.