Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Fairview Heights, IL – Sprinklers contain early morning fire at popular restaurant

Lotawata Creek, a popular Fairview Heights restaurant, was damaged in a fire Saturday morning, Fairview Heights firefighters said.

Chief Bryan Doyle of the Fairview Heights Fire Department said they got the alarm call just before 7 a.m. He also said they were flooded with 9-1-1 calls from the hotel nearby when smoke started coming out of the building. Doyle said the security footage showed the fire burning for about an hour before the alarm went off.

Additional fire departments — Collinsville, O’Fallon and French Village — were called in to assist on the fire when it reached the ceiling of the restaurant . Doyle said the sprinkler system was what kept the building from being a total loss. He said he thought the building would be able to open anywhere from two to four weeks.

Doyle called for the Illinois Fire Marshal to investigate the fire to find a cause for the insurance company, he said there was no foul play suspected.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Portland, OR – Kitchen fire at senior apartment building extinguished by sprinkler system

Fire sprinklers extinguished a kitchen fire at a Southeast Portland senior housing building, and one resident was treated for smoke inhalation.

The Portland Fire Bureau called to Sacred Heart Villa at 3911 S.E. Milwaukie Ave. at 7:19 p.m. on Saturday, and an incident commander mobilized more crews after learning a potential fire threatened an apartment building. But by the time crews arrived, the fire had been extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system.

 

 

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Santa Monica, CA – Fire at popular Santa Monica Pier restaurant extinguished by sprinkler system

Walking into The Lobster restaurant, past the full bar and into the dining area that overlooks the Santa Monica Pier, it’s almost impossible to notice the area where a fire in the kitchen spread to a booth early Saturday morning. A white sheet temporarily covered the area earlier this week, the only visible reminder of the incident.

The Lobster, a fresh seafood restaurant off Ocean Avenue next to the mouth of the Santa Monica Pier,reopened Monday after a two-day closure. The fire is believed to have sprouted from a kitchen stove and leaped the wall it shared with a booth on the other side, catching the booth afire and  splintering its glass headboard mounted on the wall.

The fire lasted from 6:13 am to 6:33 am before the restaurant’s sprinkler system put out the short-lived flames. “We are still under investigation,” said Lynne Thomas, Marketing Director and Director of Community Events at The Lobster, “but as of now we believe that it was a heat fire that fortunately only sparked the booth.”

The restaurant’s cleaning crew was the first to notice the fire Saturday morning, immediately reporting it to the Santa Monica Fire Department, who shortly thereafter arrived on the scene,spraying a fire extinguisher that killed the dying embers.  “We were very happy it wasn’t worse and very happy no one was hurt,” Thomas said.

Both the stove and the booth were removed earlier this week. The Fire Department is investigating how the fire started. The incident closed the Lobster for two days while they fixed up the damage and charred areas.

“We were closed Saturday and all day Sunday,” said Thomas.“We were pretty much working around the clock to try and get open again…and reopened Monday. “It was hard because so many people had reservations. It was graduation weekend and it was really sad for us not to be able to reopen. We were doing what we could to get open as soon as we could,” she said.

Auto Dealership, Retail

Worcester, MA – Sprinklers knock down vehicle fire at auto dealership

*** NO MEDIA COVERAGE – Fire Department Reported ***  A vehicle caught fire inside a dealership auto body shop at 29 Glennie Street in Worcester, MA on June 17, 2015. The building’s sprinkler system contained the fire to the vehicle of origin.

Companies arrived to find smoke coming from the eaves of a building. Firefighters forced their way into the building and found a car on fire inside an auto shop garage. The fire was knocked down by the sprinkler system, and Worcester Fire Department ventilated and checked for further extension.

Other / Not Specified, Other Business

Evans, GA – Tractor fire at construction business doused by sprinkler system

A tractor fire at Flint Construction & Forestry, just off William Few Parkway, was out pretty quickly.  In fact, according to fire crews, the sprinkler system did most of their work before they even arrived.  There was only one employee in the building and they alerted the alarm company, which then called for firefighters.  They don’t know what caused the tractor to catch fire but believe it may have been some sort of electrical short.  There were no injuries or significant damage to report.

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Mesquite, NV – Machinery fire at manufacturing facility extinguished by sprinkler system

*** NO MEDIA COVERAGE – Fire Department Reported ***

E-11, R-11, R-31, Beaver Dam E-11 responded to a manufacturing facility on Turtleback Road for a report of fire signals with water flow alarm. Arrived to no smoke or fire. Employee advises they had a fire in a machine and he believes it has been extinguished by the sprinkler system. Hose lines pulled into structure and remaining smoldering fire put out. Business advised to maintain fire watch until suppression system restored and to have electrician inspect all machinery impacted by water flow. Damage limited to machine with no extension to the structure.

Apartment Building, Residential

Charlottesville, VA – Arson fire at apartment building doused by sprinkler system

Four people were displaced by a fire in a Charlottesville apartment Thursday. The fire occurred shortly after 4:30 p.m. on the 800 block of Mallside Forest Court. According to the Albemarle County Fire Marshal’s Office, this is an arson case. The Albemarle County Police Department has arrested 31-year-old Cleve Kush on a charge of burning or destroying a dwelling.

A sprinkler system in the apartment limited the size of the fire and the damage it caused. The Fire Marshal’s Office reports the damage estimate is about $1,200. The investigation into the arson is underway. One person was taken to the hospital for possible smoke inhalation. The Red Cross is helping the apartment residents.

Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility

Springfield, MA – Recycling center fire kept from spreading by sprinkler system

City firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze at a Waste Management facility in East Springfield Thursday night. There were no injuries or major damage tied to the fire, which was reported at 8:17 p.m. at the automated material handling recycling center at 203 Tremont St.

“It ends up being a giant trash fire,” said Dennis G. Leger, executive aide to Springfield Fire Commissioner Joseph A. Conant. The facility’s sprinkler system kept the fire from spreading until crews arrived to extinguish the blaze, he said.

The fire wasn’t suspicious. It apparently began when a spark from a shredding operation at the recycling center ignited a bale of trash, Leger said.

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Poplar Bluff, MO – Sprinkler system quickly puts out fire at Briggs and Stratton facility

A fire broke out at Briggs and Stratton in Poplar Bluff Thursday morning around 10:30 a.m. Some welding sparked dust to catch fire near a paint oven, according to the Poplar Bluff Fire Department.

The sprinkler system activated and the fire was quickly put out. Employees were evacuated. Firefighters worked to ventilate the area before letting employees back in to the facility. No one was injured.

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Falls Church, VA – Fire at bakery contained with help from sprinkler system

The fire happened at Jenin Pastry at 5820 Seminary Road in Falls Church around 9:20 p.m., according to officials. When crews got to the scene fire was coming from the back of the two-story building. Firefighters conducted an aggressive fire attack and were able to put out the fire quickly. The sprinkler system went off, which helped the fire to stay in the kitchen area, Fairfax County officials said.

The smoke alarm was also activated. Nobody was injured in the fire. The fire is still under investigation, however has been deemed as accidental. Officials say the hot stove cook top was too close to the shelf and caught on fire.

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