Officials say the resident was cooking and had a stovetop fire that spread up to the kitchen cabinets before being controlled by the sprinklers.
Fire crews on scene assured extinguishment, searched, salvaged belongings, and overhauled the scene to assure no spread.
“Ladder 11 from the Santa Clara station, Truck 1, Battalion 1 and the Fire Investigator are on scene,” the fire department said Thursday afternoon.
A laundry room caught fire Friday at the Sherman Oaks Galleria but the sprinkler system put it out.
The fire was reported at 2:31 a.m. Friday at the mall at 15301 W. Ventura Blvd. at Sepulveda Boulevard, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart
Arriving firefighters were tasked with ” a significant water removal operation due to the fire sprinklers,” Stewart said.
The laundry room was on the second floor of the mall, she said.
No injuries were reported, Stewart said.
Fire crews responded to an alarm at the Raymond Miller Gardens on the 400 block of Main Street at 11:27 a.m. There, they found smoke coming from a second-floor apartment due to a small fire in a trash can, according to Assistant Fire Chief Eric Munsell.
The fire was kept small by a sprinkler and extinguished within seconds by responding firefighters with minimal damage, Munsell said. According to the fire marshal, the fire was caused by “smoking material” being discarded in the trash can.
No residents were injured from the fire, but the sprinkler did cause water damage in several apartments, and has displaced four residents in four apartments while the East Hartford Housing Authority works to restore the apartments, Munsell said.
Just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, firefighters responded to a fire at the Bethlehem Tower apartment building at 801 Tupper St.
Firefighters found heavy smoke coming from one unit on the 12th floor, prompting calls for more backup. A fire sprinkler had activated and helped contain the spread of the fire.
Ten fire engines and two fire trucks were on the scene. Fire crews quickly extinguished the blaze using hose lines.
Residents from the 12th floor to the lower floors were evacuated and evaluated for medical complaints. No one was injured.
Several apartment units were impacted by water damage. The American Red Cross came to the scene to help displaced residents find temporary housing.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
A Walmart in Woodstock, Illinois, was closed after a fire inside the store on Wednesday night.
It happened just before 7:30 p.m. at the store located at 1275 Lake Avenue.
The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District said crews responded to reports of a fire inside the store. The store was being evacuated as they arrived.
Firefighters found the fire near the rear of the store, which had already been extinguished by the building’s automatic sprinkler system, fire officials said.
They remained on scene for more than two hours, monitoring conditions and assisting with smoke removal. The Wonder Lake Fire Protection District airboat assisted with ventilating smoke from the store.
No injuries were reported.
The store was closed for the remainder of the evening and remains closed as of Thursday for the New Year holiday.
The incident remains under investigation by the Woodstock Police Department.
The blaze broke out around 4:30 p.m. at Belly Delhi, located at 653-657 Cass Ave. Fire crews got to the scene within three minutes and controlled the flames within 20 minutes, a news release said.
By 5:17 p.m., the fire had been put out completely. No one was hurt in the blaze.
The building’s sprinkler system helped control some of the blaze, which broke out at Belly Delhi Tuesday night.
Fire officials say a preliminary investigation suggests the fire started in the restaurant’s stove before extending through a grease chute and onto the roof of Belly Delhi.
In addition to fire crews from Downers Grove Darien, Clarendon HIlls, Hinsdale, Oak Brook and Tri-State, the DuPage County Health Department also responded to the fire.
“We want to thank all our neighboring fire departments for assisting with this call,” West Department Deputy Chief Tom Frank said in a statement.
Fire officials say an investigation is underway.
The blaze was sparked shortly before 2 p.m. at 280 McIntosh Road, according to assistant fire chief Dennis Craig, and was contained to a single unit.
The building’s sprinkler system extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived and Craig says crews acted quickly to shut off the water to limit damage to the rest of the building.
A resident of the building tells Castanet residents of the floor where the fire occurred have spent the afternoon mopping out their rooms.
Craig says nobody was displaced due to water damage, but the unit where the fire occurred is uninhabitable for now. The people living there, however, have been moved to another unit within the same building.
Craig says the cause of the fire is still under investigation, but he recommends that anyone who receives electronics for Christmas with lithium-ion batteries, like e-bikes, should follow manufacturer advice when charging.
According to Biltmore officials, a small fire started this morning in a mechanical room at Biltmore Winery during scheduled electrical work. The fire happened before the Winery opened for the day to guests.
The Winery’s fire sprinkler system suppressed the fire until the Asheville Fire Department arrived on scene and fully extinguished it using fire extinguishers.
The Winery was evacuated, and no employees or guests were injured. One contractor was evaluated treated for a minor injury and was not transported.
The Buncombe County Fire Marshal will investigate.
There is no word on any damage at this time.
The Winery, including the Tasting Room, Shop, and Wine Bar, will be temporarily closed today, Dec. 30.
All other areas of Antler Hill Village are open and accessible to guests.
The fire happened just before 2 p.m. at 107 Elliot Street, the fire department said. Crews found a fire contained to a single apartment on the sixth floor of the building.
The sprinkler system put the fire out but caused significant water damage to 17 additional apartments, according to the fire department.
Two people suffered minor injuries and were evaluated at the scene before being taken to a nearby hospital, the fire department said.
Brattleboro emergency crews received assistance from Chesterfield Fire, Keene New Hampshire, Guilford Fire and other nearby units.
Multiple people were displaced from their apartments because of the water damage, the Brattleboro Fire Department said. The American Red Cross and the Brattleboro Housing Authority are providing temporary housing solutions and support services.
Restoration efforts are underway in the damaged units. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Fire crews were called to a building in the 300 block of West Dayton Street just before midnight on Wednesday for an alarm. Several residents met firefighters outside the building and reported a fire.
A dryer and its contents were found on fire in a laundry room. A single sprinkler was keeping the flames from extending to the rest of the room.
Crews used an extinguisher to take out the remaining flames, and crews remained on scene to ventilate the building and stop the water flowing from the sprinkler.
No injuries were reported.