Other Business Joplin, MO – Fire at uniform business held in check by sprinkler system; Spontaneous combustion cited as cause June 30, 2017 viking210 A fire Wednesday night at the Clean The Uniform Co. plant in Joplin is believed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion of some rag materials. The Joplin Fire Department responded to a 10:18 p.m. report of the fire at 1609 E. Falcon St. and found fire in the center of the floor near an industrial washer and dryer. The building’s fire alarm and sprinkler system had been activated before the arrival of firefighters, who put the fire out and were on the scene until 11:48 p.m. The building was unoccupied at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported. The Webb City Fire Department also responded to the fire and assisted at the scene.
Grocery Store / Super Center, Retail Moses Lake, WA – Sprinkler system activates to help stop fire at grocery store deli June 30, 2017 viking210 The Moses Lake Safeway was evacuated Tuesday morning after a fire started in the deli section. Moses Lake firefighters responded to find heavy smoke coming from the roof vents, according to Assistant Fire Chief Pete Kunjara. The fire is out and firefighters are assessing the damage. Kunjara said the store’s sprinkler system did activate. It’s unclear if the flames caused damage to the roof. No injuries were reported.
Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential Davis, CA – Sprinkler limits fire damage in on-campus residence hall; No injuries reported June 29, 2017 viking210 UC Davis students were displaced from their dormitory Sunday after a stovetop fire triggered the building’s sprinkler system, according to the Davis Fire Department. Officials said burning oil caught fire in a fourth-floor unit at 8th and Wake, 1440 Wake Forest Dr., at about 8 p.m. The fire activated the sprinkler system, which soaked that unit as well as three below it. No injuries were reported. About eight or nine students were displaced due to the water damage, but the building owner pledged to put them up in hotel rooms until they could return to their residences, fire officials said. Both Davis and UC Davis fire crews responded to the scene.
College/University (on campus), School / University Fayetteville, AR – Fire in University of Arkansas fabrication lab kept from spreading by sprinkler system June 29, 2017 viking210 A sprinkler system and a quick-acting shop steward helped prevent a fire reported at about 5:15 p.m. Tuesday from spreading beyond a student fabrication laboratory in the architecture building at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, university and fire officials said. No injuries were reported, said Willie Watts, a battalion chief with the Fayetteville Fire Department. He said department personnel arrived to find that something had been burning but never needed to deploy fire hoses. The room’s sprinkler system helped douse the blaze, he said, which was under control by 5:22 p.m.. Peter MacKeith, dean of UA’s Fay Jones School of Architecture, said at the scene that machines used by students were being shut down for the day when the problem started in a garden-level lab at Vol Walker Hall. A shop steward grabbed an extinguisher to try and put out the fire, MacKeith said, adding that he did not know what might have caused the blaze. The building was evacuated, but by 6 p.m. students were allowed to re-enter the building. MacKeith said he was unsure of any damage.
Adult Care/Rehab Center, Hospital/Care Facility, Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Watertown, WI – Sprinkler system halts nursing home fire in wing occupied by many nonambulatory patients June 27, 2017 viking210 The Watertown Fire Department continues to investigate a structure fire that injured one resident at Dycora Transitional Health on Hospital Drive early Saturday morning. “We’re not exactly sure of the cause of it yet, possibly electrical,” fire Chief Greg Michalek said. “The fire burned the bed with the patient in it and part of the wall.” Michalek said the blaze was contained to a single room of the 112-bed nursing home, but the wing it is located in also suffered water and smoke damage. He acknowledged that the casualties could have been much worse if things had transpired differently because many of the residents in the wing could not walk by themselves. Thankfully, firefighters along with a number of police officers and Dycora personnel were able to evacuate the 20 patients in the affected wing. “Most of the people in that wing were nonambulatory,” Michalek said. “They had to be taken out in wheelchairs. The sprinkler system activated and put the fire out but there was a lot of smoke.” A call to Dycora’s administrator was not returned before the Daily Times press time this morning.
Food Processing, Manufacturing Cedar Rapids, IA – Fire at food processing plant controlled with help from sprinkler system; No injuries June 25, 2017 viking210 Cedar Rapids firefighters responded Friday night to a dryer fire in an Ingredion facility building at 1001 First St. SW. According to a media release from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department, the call from Ingredion plant personnel about a fire in an idle dryer was received at 5:50 p.m. Firefighters arrived as a sprinkler system was triggered by the fire, according to the release. All Ingredion employees were accounted for as they evacuated the building safely. Meanwhile, smoke was showing from the second story of the building and from an exhaust pipe, according to the release. Firefighters entered the building where the fire was located only to find that they couldn’t put water directly on the fire due to the location of the materials in the dryer, according to the release. To work around this, a ladder truck was utilized to established a flow of water into the dryer while the dryer’s hatch was opened and the material inside was removed. As soon as the fire was extinguished the facility was turned back to Ingredion, according to the release. The release indicated that the fire damage to the facility was light and no injuries were reported. Area Ambulance also assisted the Cedar Rapids Fire Department at the scene.
Apartment Building, Residential Gaithersburg, MD – Residential sprinkler system contains kitchen fire in first floor apartment June 24, 2017 viking210 Firefighters responded to two fires in Gaithersburg Wednesday, one in a townhouse and another in a three-story apartment building, according to rescue officials. A teenager suffered nonlife-threatening injuries in an apartment fire on McCausland Place, while there were no injuries in the townhouse fire on Autumn Hill Way, said Pete Piringer, Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service spokesman. The Autumn Hill Way fire broke out in a second-floor bedroom at about 9:30 a.m., according to Piringer. About 60 firefighters arrived on the scene and extinguished the bulk of the fire by 9:45 a.m. Several adjoining townhouses were evacuated and a few people were displaced. The blaze caused about $80,000 in damage. At about 2:30 p.m., firefighters came to McCausland Place to investigate smoke coming from an apartment building, Piringer said. They discovered that there had been a kitchen fire on the first floor and that the residential sprinkler system had helped to control the flames. A teen was transported to the hospital. The fire caused about $10,000 in damage. The cause of both fires is under investigation, according to Piringer.
Child Care Facility, Hospital/Care Facility Lake Forest, IL – Sprinklers extinguish fire at daycare center before firefighters arrive; All children safely evacuated June 24, 2017 viking210 A fire that broke out at a Lake Forest day care facility Wednesday was extinguished before fire fighters arrived. The Lake Forest Fire Department received the alarm around 8:52 a.m. The department said all of the children at the day care had been evacuated to a nearby business. As they traveled to the scene, fire crews were told the sprinkler system had been activated and the smell of smoke was in the air. When they arrived, firefighters found light smoke conditions in a first floor kitchenette, the department said. Sprinklers had extinguished the fire, which had been contained to a cardboard box. Crews shut down the sprinkler and performed clean up duties, according to Battalion Chief Mike Gallo.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Vernon Hills, IL – Laundry fire at senior living complex contained by sprinkler system June 23, 2017 viking210 A fire broke out in a Vernon Hills senior living complex’s laundry room Tuesday morning, but officials from the Countryside Fire Protection District say a sprinkler system and collapsible doors contained the fire until crews arrived. The fire started in a dryer on the fifth floor of the Victory Centre of Vernon Hills, 97 W. Phillip Road, shortly after 9 a.m. No one was injured in the blaze, according to a statement issued by Countryside Fire Chief Jeff Steingart. “Quick and decisive actions by the Victory Centre staff as well as the emergency response and the fire sprinkler controlling the fire clearly averted a potential tragedy,” Steingart said. Approximately 110 residents and 25 employees were inside the building when the fire started, according to Steingart. He said investigators are still trying to determine why the dryer caught fire. The incident was deemed a structure fire and Countryside was assisted by crews from Libertyville, Mundelein and Lincolnshire. Smoke and heat was contained inside the laundry room and fresh oxygen kept outside by automated doors that closed, Steingart said. He said the laundry room had one sprinkler that functioned properly and limited the fire until crews arrived. A few residents will be temporarily relocated during the cleanup and investigation, Steingart said.
Other / Not Specified, Other Business Basalt, CO – Sprinkler system douses dumpster fire at mixed-use building June 23, 2017 viking210 A built-in fire sprinkler system performed exactly as designed Tuesday evening in a mixed residential-commercial building at Willits Town Center, Basalt Deputy Fire Chief Pete Bradshaw said. A fire ignited shortly after 6 p.m. in an isolated room with a trash dumpster and compactor. Black smoke was billowing out when firefighters arrived, but the sprinkler system was activated before they swung into action. The smoke turned white and water flowed from the room. “The sprinkler pretty much did its job perfectly,” Bradshaw said.The room is built so that it would take about two hours before the fire could burn through the sheetrock and spread, Bradshaw said. The residents and customers of the restaurants and shops in the Triangle Park Lofts building had to evacuate for nearly 30 minutes as fire alarms rang out. The building is home to popular restaurants such as Smoke and El Korita. Bradshaw said 17 firefighters responded, including 12 volunteers, with one engine and one ladder truck. Fire officers didn’t poke around the garbage to determine the cause. It wouldn’t have been easy to determine since the fire burned for a short time and the pile was thoroughly doused, Bradshaw said. “It’s the second time we had a fire in that dumpster,” he said, recalling that the first incident was a couple of years ago.
