Child Care Facility, Hospital/Care Facility Fire at U.S. State Department daycare building extinguished by sprinkler system (Washington, DC) March 20, 2012 viking210 A fire hit the State Department building that houses the day care center early Tuesday morning, but no injuries were reported. A State Department official told The Cable that the cause of the fire appeared to be electrical, and the sprinkler system extinguished it.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Las Vegas hotel room fire put out by sprinkler system (Las Vegas, NV) February 17, 2012 viking210 Women fell asleep while smoking a cigarette catching the mattress on fire. The woman woke up and ran out of the room. The fire was doused by an automatic sprinkler.Firefighters said they evacuated the second floor but had allowed guests to go back in their rooms. No injuries were reported.
Food Processing, Manufacturing Fire causes minimal damage at packaging plant (Batava, IL) February 10, 2012 viking210 A fire early Friday at Portollo Packaging at 951 Douglas Road caused a minimal amount of damage. The company’s sprinkler system contained most of the fire; minimizing dollar loss and operations of the business.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Sprinkler system keeps fire from spreading at popular restaurant (Honolulu, HI) February 10, 2012 viking210 Sprinkler system keeps fire from spreading at popular Aiea restaurant. Fire officials say the fire started just before 3 a.m. in a plastic trash container in the kitchen.
Other / Not Specified, Other Business Sprinkler system helped to put out lumberyard fire (San Rafael, CA) February 9, 2012 viking210 Fire was quickly controled by firefighters and sprinkler system, limiting the amount of damage done to the structure. Fire Chief Chris Gray said no civilian or firefighter injuries were reported.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Sprinklers minimize fire damage to sushi restaurant (Los Angeles, CA) February 7, 2012 viking210 An automatic sprinkler system helped minimize damage to a Woodland Hills sushi restaurant after a fire broke out in its kitchen on Sunday.
Residence Hall/Dormitory, Residential Sprinkler system plays important role in PSU dorm fire (Portland, OR) February 2, 2012 viking210 1 Comment Sprinkler system helped put out dorm fire, allowing time for about 300 students to evacuate safely.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Building’s sprinkler system put out IHOP fire (Philadelphia, PA) January 30, 2012 viking210 Fire officials say the building’s sprinkler system kicked in and the fire was essentially put-out by the time they arrived. There was no major damage and no injuries.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system contained apartment fire (Erie, CO) January 30, 2012 viking210 A fire official says automated sprinklers held an Erie apartment fire in check early Tuesday.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system extinguished apartment kitchen fire (Houston, TX) January 30, 2012 viking210 Approximately 50 firefighters arrived within minutes of the call to find the fire extinguished by the sprinkler system. No injuries were reported. The incident was cooking related, with the resident accidentally catching the oil in a frying pan on fire.