Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Sprinkler system contains warehouse fire (New Britain, CT) August 24, 2012 viking210 Firefighters arrived at the 50,000-square-foot building after the fire alarm went off at 3:57 a.m. to find the sprinkler system had kicked on, Acting Deputy Chief Capt. Paul Walsh said. “It took us a few minutes to find it, but we found a car on fire in an inside dock. The sprinkler system pretty much handled it and we were able to quickly put it out.”