Just after 3:00 pm on Saturday, April 24, 2021, firefighter were called to the complex. When they arrived they encountered smoke inside the building an quickly launched an offensive attack. The building’s fire sprinkler system was able to quickly knock down the blaze before crews arrived.
No injuries were reported.
The residents in all of the other suites were able to return on crews had completed ventilating the building.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
According to Sevier County Schools, an appliance issue caused the smoke around 12:15 p.m. The city of Sevierville said fire crews arrived to find a basket of clothes sitting on top of a dryer on fire.
The principal evacuated the school. The Sevierville Fire Department and maintenance crews were called in to respond.
The city said the automatic sprinkler system activated and was able to extinguish most of the fire, and crews put out the rest. The area around the dryer suffered minor damage.
No one was hurt in the incident. SCS said students returned to class about 20 to 30 minutes later.
The school system said it is sending a letter home to parents with more details about the incident.
The fire was reported around 1:45 am. Nearly a dozen fire units responded to the facility on Orange Avenue.
Fire officials say they found flames on the third floor of the fulfillment center. The sprinkler system had turned on and helped to keep the blaze controlled.
Firefighters knocked down the flames and prevented them from spreading further.
Fire crews have not determine what sparked the blaze. Witnesses tell Action News they believe the flames broke out on one of the robotics that carries pods.
They say the water from the sprinkler system flowed down to the two bottom floors.
Firefighters spent several hours throughout the morning removing the water.
Everyone inside the building was safely evacuated, and no injuries have been reported.
Officials were assessing the damage caused by the fire.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
The fire originated on the balcony and a single fire sprinkler head in the apartment’s living room area extinguished the fire and kept the flames from spreading into the apartment.
Fire investigators determined the fire was started by a child playing with a lighter. The child was referred to the MFD’s Youth Firesetter Program.
Here is information for teaching your child about fire safety:
According to the National Fire Protection Association, more than 7,000 fires annually are started by children playing. More than half of those fires are started with a lighter.
On 4/20/2021 at approximately 12:56 AM,
Investigators from the Fort Bend County Fire Marshal’s Office were dispatched to the scene of
an apartment fire with Stafford Fire Department. Upon arrival, investigators discovered that a
cooking fire had occurred in the kitchen of a residential living unit due to unattended cooking.
The fire was controlled with the single head activation and there was minor heat damage to the
adjacent area. No other units were affected by this fire.
On 4/7/2021 at approximately 12:54 AM,
Investigators from the Fort Bend County Fire Marshal’s Office were dispatched to the scene of
an apartment fire with Richmond Fire Department. Upon arrival, investigators discovered that a
fire had occurred in a clothes dryer in the laundry closet of a residential living unit. The fire was
controlled with the single head activation and there was minor heat damage to the adjacent area.
No other units were affected by this fire.
Officials say units from HPD, the Rockingham County Fire Rescue, the Harrisonburg Police Department and the Harrisonburg Rescue Squad were dispatched to the 2400 block of Silverbell Drive at approximately 1:10 a.m. on Sunday, April 18 for a reported structure fire.
Crews say smoke was coming from a ground-floor apartment. A fire was found inside, and had been controlled by a fire sprinkler.
Officials say no victims were found during a search, although two dogs were safely evacuated. During an investigation, officials say information was found that suggested the fire was intentionally set.
Officials say Marlon A. Organ, Jr., of Broadway, was arrested in connection with the fire and charged with burning or destroying a dwelling. Organ was committed to the Rockingham County Jail.
Due to the ongoing investigation, officials say specific information about the fire, including origin and cause, will not be released. Stay with WHSV for updates.
Everyone is okay after a fire at the Edgewater Powerplant in the City of Sheboygan.
According to the Sheboygan County Fire Department, the fire happened Tuesday around 10:57 a.m. When they arrived on scene, they found smoke coming from the powerplant’s dust-collector, but the sprinkler system activated as designed and extinguished most of the fire.
Firefighters were able to go inside the building with a dust collector and put out the rest of the fire and check for hot spots.
The fire is currently under investigation by Edgewater Power Plant personnel.
Fire crews were called out to the Larkspur Landing Suite Hotel in Hillsboro just after 1:30 a.m. Once they arrived, firefighters saw one hotel room’s fire sprinklers were running and smoke was filling the corridor. While crews went to work, the hotel’s occupants were told to shelter in place.
Firefighters reached the hotel room the water and smoke were coming from to find a man trying to extinguish a fire in the room’s kitchen area. The fire itself was extinguished and never reached any other rooms — but water from the sprinklers had flowed into the hallway and several other rooms.
Crews turned off the water flow then used a water vacuum to clean up the affected areas.
The man did suffer some minor burns to his hands and legs, but he denied medical service. No other occupants were injured, but some were relocated to other rooms.
An investigation determined the cause of the fire was unattended cooking. Remember to always be present while cooking and to keep things that can burn away from stovetops.
The Grand Forks Fire Department says they were called to the State Mill in the 1800 block of Mill Rd. around 8 p.m. on Monday, April 19.
When crews arrived, they learned a sprinkler system in the building went off and contained the fire the single piece of equipment.
Firefighters believe the fire started because of a mechanical failure.
No one was injured by the flames.