Apartment Building, Residential Wilmington, DE – High-rise apartment fire controlled with help from sprinkler system; No injuries February 24, 2015 viking210 Residents safely evacuated their high-rise apartments last Thursday night after a fire on the ninth floor of Compton Tower Apartments in Wilmington, officials said. Approximately 35 fire and EMS personnel responded to the fire at 325 East 5th St., which was reported about 7 p.m. After assessing the damage, residents were allowed back into the building, where they were held on the first floor while firefighters continued to take the fire under control.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Rehoboth Beach, DE – Sprinkler system extinguishes fire at country club; No injuries reported February 19, 2015 viking210 Firefighters were called last Friday afternoon to fight a fire at the Kings Creek Country Club near Rehoboth Beach. Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Company spokesman Warren Jones says the fire was discovered in the bar area of the clubhouse and that it spread in the attic area until a sprinkler system activated and extinguished most of the flames. Jones says there were no injuries.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system extinguished ninth-floor apartment fire (Wilmington, DE) June 26, 2012 viking210 The fire was a result of of unattended cooking in a ninth-floor apartment. It was extinguished when two building sprinkler heads activated.
