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Newport News, VA – Sprinkler system puts out fire at Continental manufacturing facility
Conroe, TX – Single sprinkler extinguishes apartment cooking fire (no media coverage)
*** NO MEDIA COVERAGE — FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED **
The City of Conroe Fire Department was notified of an apartment fire at 1200 S Frazier St. (Park At Piney Woods Apartments) at approximately 2:34 PM on December 8, 2015.
Conroe Firefighters arrived at approximately 2:40 PM and discovered that there had been a small fire in the kitchen of one of the apartment units which activated a single sprinkler head and extinguished the fire.
There were no reported injuries to firefighters or occupants of the building. Fire damage was confined to the top of the stove and the cooking container. Water damage was confined to the apartment of origin and 2 adjacent apartments. The cause of the fire was unattended cooking and was determined to be unintentional.
This incident demonstrates the importance of a properly installed and maintained automatic fire sprinkler system. It is likely that the automatic fire sprinkler system saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and property loss to the building’s owners and occupants. Further, no occupants were displaced and possible injuries and deaths to citizens and firefighters were prevented.
Automatic fire sprinkler systems have over 100 years of proven performance in protecting life and property. The City of Conroe Fire Department would like to remind the public that unattended cooking is the leading cause of residential fires in Conroe, and throughout the United States, each year. Being mindful while you cook, however, can go a long way to helping prevent these fires:
**Keep an eye on what you fry
**Be alert when cooking
**Keep things that can catch fire away from the cooking area
Apison, TN – Fire in paint shop at manufacturing facility contained by sprinkler system
Appalachia, VA – Sprinkler system extinguishes fifth floor apartment fire
Reno, NV – Fire in basement laundry at hotel casino contained with help from sprinkler system
Wilmington, NC – No one hurt in Thanksgiving day apartment fire controlled by sprinkler system
Chesire, OH – Deluge sprinkler system extinguishes transformer fire at power plant
Ridout said that Meigs County fire stations, including Middleport, Pomeroy and Rutland fire departments, were called to the scene, but the flames were contained before they arrived. The fire was extinguished by a deluge system, or an activated sprinkler system, she said.
“Unfortunately, when you are dealing with large electrical equipment and there is some type of equipment failure, it can cause a fire,” Ridout said of the previous incident. “We have systems in place such as fire suppression systems, the fire brigade at the plant, training for our employees and relationships with local emergency responders and in this case, those systems worked and we were able to put the fire out safely.”