Other - Retail, Retail Winston-Salem, NC – Sprinkler system contains storage room fire at furniture store May 30, 2015 viking210 The fire started about 10 a.m. in a rack storage area at the rear of the Colfax Furniture and Mattress store at 801 Silas Creek Parkway, said Battalion Chief Jeff Henley of the Winston-Salem Fire Department. No one was injured. The building’s sprinkler system helped contain the fire, Henley said. It took 31 firefighters about 30 minutes to put out the fire. The store’s employees and its customers left the store safely after the fire began, Henley said. Investigators are trying to determine how the fire started, Henley said. He didn’t have an estimate of how much damage the fire caused. The store’s warehouse manager first heard a muffled explosion or some type of loud noise shortly after the store opened at 10 a.m., said Jackson Braswell, the store’s manager. That employee then saw a rug burning, Braswell said. The sprinkler system was activated, and someone called 911. “The most important thing is that everyone got out safe,” Braswell said. “The sprinklers did their job.” Braswell didn’t immediately know how soon the store will reopen. “We will be back up and running as soon as we can,” Braswell said.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Beaumont, TX – Fire at elementary school put out by single sprinkler May 29, 2015 viking210 A small fire was put out by the sprinkler system at the Fletcher Elementary campus Friday morning. The fire was reported around 6 a.m. at the campus located at 1055 Ave. F after a custodian found smoke in the building and water from a sprinkler. Beaumont Fire Rescue Captain Brad Penisson told 12News the fire was out before firefighters arrived. It appears an extension cord overheated and caught a cardboard box on fire in one of the offices. The fire activated a sprinkler head which put out the fire. The fire was contained to the office, but there is smoke throughout the building and water in a large area. Teachers are telling parents who arrive with students that there will be no classes today at Fletcher.
Other / Not Specified Leavenworth, KS – Fire at community center is fully extinguished by sprinkler system May 28, 2015 viking210 Investigators are trying to determine what caused a small fire Monday night at the Riverfront Community Center, a Leavenworth Fire Department official said. The fire was reported at 10:31 p.m. Monday at the community center, 123 S. Esplanade St. Assistant Fire Chief Mark Nietzke said the fire was contained to a storage room on the main floor of the community center. Nietzke said the fire was extinguished by water from a sprinkler system. The fire was already out when Leavenworth firefighters arrived on scene. “The fire was contained to a pretty small area,” Nietzke said. Nietzke said fire investigators are in the process of eliminating other possible causes to determine what led to Monday night’s fire. “It’s taking us a little while to get through everything,” he said. The Riverfront Community Center is owned by the city of Leavenworth. City spokeswoman Melissa Bower said employees will be doing cleanup work this week, but the fire will not result in the cancellation of any events at the Riverfront Community Center.
Apartment Building, Residential Temple, TX – Sprinklers stop spread of apartment fire caused by rechargeable battery May 28, 2015 viking210 Investigators say a rechargeable battery for a radio controlled model airplane is what started a fire at a Temple apartment Tuesday afternoon. Temple Fire & Rescue crews responded to a fire call at about 3 p.m. at Pecan Pointe Apartments. Firefighters saw smoke coming from the apartment, and were able to quickly locate the flames and extinguish them. Firefighters credit the building’s fire sprinkler system with limiting the fire damage to the one apartment, which received a little fire damage, along with moderate smoke and water damage. One downstairs apartment also received water damage. No injuries were reported, but the fire displaced two families. The apartment is making arrangements to house those families. The fire, which was under control by 3:21 p.m., was ruled unintentional. Investigators say a rechargeable battery for a radio controlled model airplane is what started the blaze. Temple PD and Scott & White EMS also responded to the call.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Des Moines, IA – Single sprinkler extinguishes overnight fire at East High School May 27, 2015 viking210 Firefighters responding to East High School in Des Moines found a single fire sprinkler had extinguished a fire inside the school. Crews were called to 815 East 13th Street just before midnight on Monday. They found a pressure washer consumed by fire, but the fire did not spread. Crews said the fire sprinkler was set off when temperatures of about 155 degrees were reached. No injuries were reported. Damage is believed to be limited to around $1,000.
Other - Retail, Retail Ventura, CA – Sprinklers help contain arson fire at commercial retail complex May 27, 2015 viking210 Two structure fires were knocked down in Ventura Tuesday morning, officials said. The first fire, which was determined to be arson, was reported at 2:28 a.m. in the 9200 block of Telephone Road. The facade of a commercial retail complex on Telephone Road was purposely set on fire in the first incident, officials said. Responding crews discovered an exterior commercial sign in flames that had lapped onto the adjacent exterior wall of the building, officials said. The blaze triggered a fire sprinkler that held the fire in check.
Apartment Building, Residential Frederick, MD – Sprinklers contain Memorial Day apartment fire; No injuries reported May 27, 2015 viking210 Crews arrived at the Mountain Glen Apartments in the 5700 block of Sugar Maple Court at 10:35 p.m. Monday to find smoke coming from the second floor of a three-story, garden-style apartment building, said Capt. Kevin Fox, a spokesman for the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services. The apartment’s sprinkler system helped contain the fire while firefighters were setting up. “It was held to the stove and cabinet area of the kitchen and prevented from spreading into the rest of the building,” Fox said. “It took about 30 firefighters 10 minutes to bring it under control.” The 12-unit building was evacuated during the firefighters’ response, but no one was displaced by the blaze and no injuries were reported, either to firefighters or residents, Fox said. Firefighters quickly determined that unattended cooking sparked the fire.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Redding, CA – Sprinklers keep fire from spreading at manufacturing plant May 26, 2015 viking210 A fire in a tank of detergent was doused Sunday by the sprinkler system at a Redding manufacturing plant, a Redding Fire Department official said. Shortly after 5 p.m. a fire alarm went off at Seco Manufacturing on Oasis Road, Battalion Chief Steve Reilly said. The fire alarm was activated by a fire in a tank of detergent used in a process to anodize aluminum that is used to make surveying equipment, he said. A fire sprinkler turned on above the tank, keeping the fire from spreading, he said. Shortly after the fire broke out, firefighters with Redding’s Engine Co. No. 6, which is across the street from the plant, heard the fire alarm and saw a light smoke coming from the rear of the business, Reilly said. The firefighters got access to the rear of the building and were able to put it out by about 5:30 p.m., Reilly said. The business was closed for the Memorial Day weekend. The fire was confined to the tank, he said. He said the fire was caused by a malfunction in how the tank operates.
Other - Residential, Residential St. Cloud, MN – Fire at veterans home contained by sprinkler system May 26, 2015 viking210 The St. Cloud Fire Department received a report of a fire at about 3:08 p.m. at a St. Cloud veterans home on the 800 block of 8th Avenue South. When firefighters arrived, the sprinkler system in the building had largely contained the fire. Authorities said the fire likely started because of a cigarette that was left on a mattress in one of the rooms. The residents affected by the fire were moved to different rooms within the facility until the clean-up can be finished. Fire officials said there were no injuries in the incident, but the facility suffered about $1,000 in damage.
Manufacturing, Other - Manufacturing Doraville, GA – Sprinklers control fire at ceramics manufacturer; Equipment malfunction apparent cause May 26, 2015 viking210 An equipment malfunction was the apparent cause of a business fire Saturday in Gwinnett County. Gwinnett Fire said Applied Ceramics, located at 5555 Pleasantdale Road, reported the fire around 9:45 a.m. Saturday. Employees were alerted to the danger by smoke alarms and the activation of the sprinkler system. The building is located in unincorporated Atlanta in Gwinnett County, not far from the city limits of Peachtree Corners and Norcross. “When fire crews arrived on scene they found moderate smoke showing, and employees evacuating the structure,” Lt. Jerrod Barrett said in the email. “First-arriving Engine crew investigated the fire and found a machine had caught fire which was held in check by an overhead sprinkler system. Crews advanced attack hand lines into the business to extinguish the fire.” No one was injured in the blaze.
