Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Fire sprinklers limit damage at restaurant (Berkeley, CA) March 8, 2013 viking210 A fire that began in the downstairs dining room of a restaurant was largely eliminated due to the the restaurant’s fire sprinklers. Interim Berkeley Deputy Fire Chief Avery Webb confirmed the fire sprinkler systems value when he said, “Had it not been for that single sprinkler, we probably would have had a significantly greater amount of damage.”