A Main Street hotel had to be evacuated late Monday afternoon after a fire broke out.
Crews responded to the 700 block of Main Street just after 4 p.m., where they found smoke inside the building.
The hotel’s sprinkler system was activated, and crews launched an offensive attack.
A ladder truck was used to help evacuate some of the occupants. No one was injured, and residents were able to return to the building after the fire was extinguished.
The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.
Upon investigating the cause of the alarm activation, the crew was alerted to a water flow alarm on the third floor, as indicated on the fire alarm panel. A tenant also notified them that water was coming from the ceiling on the second floor.
Crews located an unoccupied third-floor apartment full of smoke and an activated sprinkler head in the washer and dryer area. The sprinkler activation was due to a dryer fire with clothing inside. There was minimal fire extension to the structure and area of origin.
Smoke and water damage were caused to the apartment involved and the apartment below. The loss value is estimated at $10,000. The crew also located a dog in the apartment that was not harmed in this incident.
“The OAFED would like to take this time to stress the importance of commercial and residential sprinkler systems, and the lives and property in which they protect,” said Fire Chief Glenn Linzmeier. “With the use of the sprinkler system, no residents were displaced and no injuries were reported. It is also very important to remind everyone not to leave their appliances running unattended, such as dehumidifiers, dishwashers, and clothes dryers – this is a common cause of fires and can be easily prevented.
“As we move toward Fire Prevention Month, we encourage you to ensure that your houses are equipped with functioning smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and that the batteries are changed twice a year.”
Crews were dispatched to the 900 block of North Market Street around 3 p.m. for a report of a water flow alarm from the building’s sprinkler system.
When firefighters got to the 7th floor, they noticed water in the hall and determined that the sprinkler system in one of the apartments had activated.
Inside that apartment, they found the sprinklers had put out a fire on the stovetop.
Firefighters turned the sprinklers off, and electricity was turned off in that apartment and several others where water was found.
After Licenses and Inspections and building management determined all the water had been removed, electricity was turned back on.
Deputy Chief Jim Campbell of Wilson Fire/Rescue Services said the apartment’s sprinkler system kept the fire contained to its room of origin.
“Crews arrived on scene to find an activated sprinkler head in an apartment that had extinguished a fire prior to our arrival,” Campbell said in a report. “Fire crews checked for fire extension and removed the smoke and water from the building.”
No firefighters or civilians were injured. Campbell said the fire displaced one resident.
Campbell estimated $5,000 in property damage and $1,000 in losses to contents from the fire.
Along with Wilson Fire/Rescue Services, the Wilson Police Department, Wilson County EMS and Wilson County Communications responded.
The blaze was reported at approximately 5:18 p.m. in a two-story building at 2081 Stierlin Court in Mountain View, the Mountain View Fire Department said in a Facebook post. Fire crews arrived on the scene approximately five minutes later after 25 employees had self-evacuated.
Fire personnel located smoke coming from a computer lab, where an overhead sprinkler had been activated. Crews were able to turn off the sprinkler and “remove water and smoke from the affected office space” without damaging the electronics.
Officials believe the lab caught fire after an “unattended electrical component” overheated on a workbench, the fire department said. Firefighters extinguished the fire and recharged the sprinkler system.
Google officials will be in charge of restoring the facility, the fire department said. The company did not respond to SFGATE’s request for comment.
The fire occurred around 12:30 p.m. at the Toy Chest, said Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione, a city public safety spokesperson.
She said, “Upon arrival, JCFD observed a small working fire in the toy chest store. The fire caused moderate smoke conditions inside the mall.”
“The sprinkler system went off and helped contain the fire,” she added. “Additionally, the fire department’s quick response kept the fire under control without any fire extension to any other stores.”
No injuries were reported.
Officials on the scene reported the cause may have involved the hot water heater and duct work. The Fire Department is still investigating.
The Brownwood Fire Department issued the following press release Tuesday afternoon:
Chief 9, Truck 9, Rescue 9 and Engine 92 responded with assistance from the Brownwood Police Department.
The fire was under control in 7 minutes, units were on scene for 35 minutes. The fire caused an estimated $10,000 in damages.
The Coralville Fire Department responded to the scene at approximately 5:15 p.m., discovering that the fire had started in the kitchen of one of the apartments.
The sprinkler system activated immediately, containing and extinguishing the fire before it could spread to other parts of the building. As a result, the apartment suffered only minor smoke and water damage.
Sprinkler systems are designed to automatically respond to fires, either controlling or extinguishing them before they have a chance to grow. They reduces fire damage and give people extra time to evacuate safely.
The Coralville Fire Department say a well-maintained sprinkler system can be the difference between a minor incident and a catastrophic event.
Firefighters were dispatched around 2 p.m. to the hospital at 2800 Main St. in response to a fire alarm, according to Tiadora Josef, Bridgeport’s director of public information.
Josef said the responding crews arrived to find the aftermath of a small fire in an operating room that has been extinguished by an automatic sprinkler. She said the crews confirmed the fire was out and has not spread.
Building officials then shut the sprinkler head off and maintenance crews began cleaning up the residual water, Josef said.
Josef said no injuries were reported and the building was not evacuated. She said the operating room was not in use at the time of the fire and the fire marshal’s office is investigating the cause of the blaze.
The fire protection district responded after it received an alert of sprinkler water flow at the Bear’s Den Condos Building B on Granite Street in Frisco, Summit Fire & EMS spokesperson Steve Lipsher said. A battalion chief arrived on scene moments later to find that all of the occupants had evacuated the building and one unit on the upper floor was filled with smoke, Lipsher said.
The fire had triggered a single sprinkler head, which “did its job perfectly” and kept the fire from spreading, Lipsher said. No one was in the unit at the time, so “if it weren’t for that sprinkler, the fire certainly could have become a more significant problem,” he said.
Three engines, a fire truck and two medic units responded to the scene and checked for any extension of the fire but found none, Lipsher said. Power, gas and waterflow to the buildling were turned off. It was determined that the fire had been limited to the one condominium unit but that two units below it had been damaged by water, he said.
No one was injured. Fire crews could not provide an immediate estimate on the extent of property damage. The cause of the fire remains under investigation but it is not believed to be suspicious, Lipsher said.
“All things considered, these sprinkler systems when they do work as they’re designed, they really do make a big difference,” Lipsher said. “We’re really thankful there was no injuries.”
