Apartment Building, Residential Mother charged after apartment fire with her two children at home, sprinkler system credited with containing fire (Laurel, MD) February 27, 2012 viking210 A Laurel mother was arrested and charged this afternoon after firefighters found her unconscious and her two young children wet from the spray of the sprinklers in their Main Street apartment.
Department Store, Retail Sprinkler system aids firefighters at a Macy’s laundry room fire (Temecula, CA) February 27, 2012 viking210 A fire started in the wall of a laundry room at a Macy’s store but was quickly extinguished, aided by a sprinkler system, officials said. No one was injured in the fire.
Apartment Building, Residential No Injuries in High-Rise Apartment Fire Contained by Sprinklers (Elgin, IL) February 27, 2012 viking210 A sprinkler system helped keep a fire that started in a ninth-floor apartment from spreading to other units of the 10-story building Saturday afternoon, Elgin fire officials said.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Sprinkler system helps control warehouse fire (Murray, UT) February 24, 2012 viking210 Murray firefighters are crediting a sprinkler system with preventing a late-night warehouse blaze from causing major damage. No injuries were reported.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Sprinkler system keeps restaurant kitchen fire in check, minor damagereported (Gilroy, CA) February 24, 2012 viking210 The building’s sprinkler system kept the fire in check before the fire department arrived, allowing only minor damage that was mostly confined to the stove itself. The fire was caused by burning grease on the stove. The restaurant is one occupant of the building, a two-story structure that has several tenants. The fire did not spread to any other tenants.
Other Business, Place of Worship Church damage from arson minimal, sprinkler system extinguished fire (Snellville, GA) February 24, 2012 viking210 “This is a prime example of the effectiveness of fire sprinklers inside buildings,” Gwinnett Fire Capt. Tommy Rutledge said.
Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential Sprinkler system successfully extinguishes a university dorm fire (Rochester, NY) February 23, 2012 viking210 Sprinkler system successfully activated and extinguished a dorm fire at the University of Rochester. The fire was caused after a burn paper towel was thrown down the trash shoot igniting items in the dumpster.
Apartment Building, Residential Arson causes fire; sprinkler system contains it (Pittsburgh, PA) February 23, 2012 viking210 About two dozen residents were forced to evacuate their apartments after a man who had been fighting with his girlfriend set fire to mattresses in her bedroom. The sprinkler system inside the building kept the fire from spreading beyond the room.
Apartment Building, Residential Single Sprinkler Saves Lives and Property in Apartment Fire (Spartanburg, SC) February 22, 2012 viking210 Automatic fire sprinklers again prove their effectiveness in a kitchen fire in a 12th-floor apartment. No injuries reported.
Other - Retail, Retail Sprinkler system extinguished fire at Cintas Uniforms (Gadsden, AL) February 21, 2012 viking210 A sprinkler system at Cintas Uniforms is credited with extinguishing a fire Sunday before it got out of control. “Without the sprinklers, it could have been a very big fire,” Fire Chief Stephen Carroll said.
