Firefighters were dispatched at about 12:54 p.m. Jan. 5, to the 32000 block of Light Street in the Weston Willows community. The first responding units discovered a chair on fire on the balcony of a third-floor apartment, with the building’s sprinkler system activated, said Georgetown Fire Company.
Fire crews checked the area for if the fire spread and determined the flames did not reach inside the apartment.
The investigation is being handled by the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office.
When crews arrived, they located a fire confined to a single resident’s room. Fire rescue said the fire was quickly controlled and did not spread beyond that area. Fire rescue also credited the building’s sprinkler system, which activated as designed and assisted with the suppression of the fire.
As a precaution, fire rescue said residents in the affected wing of the building were temporarily relocated due water damage from the sprinkler activation and the shutdown of electrical power to the wing of the building.
Fire rescue said residents will remain relocated until remediation is complete and power is safely restored.
No injuries were reported in the incident and fire remains under investigation.
Ten people are displaced after a fire broke out at the 400 block of Washington Avenue in Bridgeport.
At around 5:30 p.m., the Bridgeport Fire Department responded to a fire alarm.
Upon arrival, firefighters located heavy smoke conditions after the fire was extinguished in one unit by the sprinkler system.
Nine units were affected, displacing ten people.
There were no reported injuries.
The American Red Cross is working to help those who were displaced.
FFD said firefighters responded to Superior Essex at 120 Southeast Parkway just after noon Sunday.
When they arrived, firefighters found smoke coming from the roof of the 320,000-square-foot industrial building that manufactures magnet wire, FFD said.
Battalion Chief Tyler Crews said the fire originated in machinery and was contained to the equipment and a three-story vent tower that extended to the roof.
“Crews said the fire was partially controlled with the help of the building’s automatic fire sprinkler system,” FFD said.
Several FFD crews were dispatched to the scene due to the size of the facility. FFD said two tower trucks, two ladder trucks, three engines, a rescue truck, an air truck, a battalion chief and two district captains responded to the fire along with the Franklin Police Department and Williamson Health EMS
FFD said responders were on scene for about two hours.
“Crews said power was restored to approximately half of the building, and a limited number of employees were permitted to return to work in the front portion of the facility,” FFD said.
No injuries were reported in the fire, and the cause has not been determined.
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.