*** Blog Editor’s Note: Tell us what you think of the coverage by WKBW News and Megan Erbacher. Only the substantial heat from potentially deadly and damaging fire will operate a fire sprinkler, not smoke. Also, the sprinkler saved the store from experiencing a much larger fire, where the damage would have been much worse, and could have possibly caused injury or loss of life. ***
Tag Archives: Afternoon (12pm-6pm)
Sprinklers make the difference in manufacturing plant fire (Prescott, AZ)
Fire Marshall Rick Chase said, “Without those sprinkler heads going off, it could have easily been really bad.”
There were no injuries.
Sprinklers control fire at apartment building (Salt Lake City, UT)
Sprinkler system suppresses fire at retirement home (Amarillo, TX)
Fire contained by fire sprinklers on hospital campus (Houston, TX)
Fire sprinkler system helps contain blaze at dry cleaner (Pleasanton, CA)
Sprinkler system douses townhouse kitchen fire (Langley, BC)
Langley Township firefighters were called in at about 4:30 p.m. to the home in the 8900 block of Walnut Grove Drive, said assistant fire chief Bruce Ferguson. The fire was caused by a stove left on, Ferguson said. The building’s sprinklers largely doused the flames.
** Blog Editor’s Note — Please tell us what you think of the media coverage by Matthew Claxton at the Langley Advance. Sprinkler systems work to save lives and reduce property damage by controlling or extinguishing fires when they are small, prior to flashover. **