Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Pierre, SD – Hotel boiler room fire extinguished by sprinkler system March 26, 2015 viking210 The Pierre Fire Department spent about an hour at the Clubhouse Inn and Suites early this morning after fire alarms sounded in the building around 1:30 a.m. Pierre Fire Chief Ian Paul says when firefighters arrived at the hotel, light smoke was noted in a boiler room near the pool area on the building’s main floor. Paul says a small fire had occurred and that produced enough heat to trip the fire sprinkler suppression system. Paul credits the system with putting the fire out before it spread. Guests were temporarily evacuated into the hotel’s lobby until it was determined the fire was completely extinguished. Paul says he doesn’t have an estimate of damage to the boiler and says water damage from the sprinkler system was confined to the area near the fire and was not extensive. Firefighters remained at the hotel for a time to make sure the fire was completely out. As for the cause, Paul says it appears to have been an electrical malfunction in the unit, but says the establishment’s insurance company will investigate further.
