Sprinkler activation held the fire in check to the room of origin.
A 40 y/o female was located down in the room next the smoldering piece of furniture. Firefighters quickly extricated the patient to an awaiting rescue ambulance, who transported the victim suffering from smoke inhalation.
No additional civilian injuries or hotel property damage was reported. Cause of fire is under investigation.
Units responded to a fire alarm around 7:20 a.m. Saturday to the 20000 block of Lazy River Terrace. Multiple 911 calls alerted emergency personnel to smoke coming from the first floor and alarms throughout the building. The incident was upgraded to a structure fire response, bringing in units from Lansdowne, Ashburn, Leesburg, Kincora, and Sterling. Crews found a small fire that had been extinguished by the sprinkler system in the garage space on the first floor. There was no extension of the fire beyond the garage space.
No residents or firefighters were injured.
The fire marshal’s office said the cause of the fire was combustible materials stored against a golf cart’s battery charger. The battery unit did not have adequate airflow to cool, leading to combustible materials catching fire. Damages were estimated to be $7,000.
Loudoun County Fire and Rescue said the fire caused potential for significant property damage and loss of life without the sprinkler system. The building had working fire alarms and automatic sprinkler systems. The fire department has been advocating for requiring automatic fire sprinklers in more residential homes. A National Fire Protection Association report notes that home fire fatalities 2017 to 2021 were 89 percent lower with fire sprinklers, and firefighter injuries were 48 percent lower with home sprinklers.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – Spartanburg City Fire were called to a scene at AC Hotel in downtown Spartanburg Wednesday night.
Fire officials said they were called to a fire alarm and sprinkler activation.
At this time, no injuries have been reported.
Smoke coming from hotel’s kitchen
What we know
The first call about the fire came in around 7:45 p.m. Sunday. A caller reported an activated fire alarm with smoke visible from the rear of the hotel.
When firefighters arrived on the scene, they found the fire was already fully extinguished in the hotel’s kitchen. This is thanks to the sprinkler system in the building. Officials say the system prevented the fire from spreading beyond the kitchen and minimized damage to the property.
The restaurant was closed at the time of the fire. Hotel management said eight registered guests were temporarily evacuated, but able to continue staying at the facility.
What we don’t know
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
The information in this post was provided by the Port Washington Fire Department.
Austin Police Department (APD) personnel were on scene for a check welfare call at the residence and directed fire crews to the scene. The fire had been brought under control by the building’s fire sprinkler system. Crews finished extinguishing the flames and reset the sprinkler system before the scene was turned over to AFD Investigations.
Fire investigators processed the scene and spoke with Steve Manor, the apartment’s resident, who had been detained by APD. Mr. Manor confessed to intentionally starting the fire to elicit a response from APD or AFD. The physical evidence at the scene validated Manor’s admission.
Steve Manor was transported to the Travis County Jail. He has been charged with arson, a state jail felony. His bond has been set at $15,000.
The damaged to the residence and contents are estimated to be approximately $12,000.
When the department arrived it found facility personnel outside of the structure who told MLFD there was a fire in one of the process rooms on the ground floor of the facility. The fire was later discovered to be caused by high voltage electrical equipment which caught fire at a processing tank within the facility. There were no hazardous chemicals involved or released during the fire.
The building sprinkler system went off in response to the fire and helped contain it to the one processing room. There was heat damage to the walls and ceiling of the room, however, the fire never spread.
The Moses Lake firefighters made entry into the building with extended fire hose lines to the area which was a blaze. Crews entered the building which was full of heavy smoke and limited visibility. Soon after entering, they begin fighting fire shortly after making entry. It took them around an hour to fully suppress the fire and units remained on the scene for several hours to ventilate the building and ensure the fire was completely out.
The responding agencies were MLFD Battalion 1, Chief 101, Tower 1, Engine 1, Engine 2, Medic 3 and Grant County Fire District 5.
According to Chesterfield Fire and EMS, they received a call at 7:54 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17 about a fire at an apartment building in the 300 block of Karl Linn Drive.
The first units were on scene within five minutes. It was determined that a stove top fire happened within a single apartment on the first floor, and the fire did not spread outside the apartment.
The fire was extinguished by an automatic sprinkler and there were no reported injuries. The person who lived in the apartment has been displaced.
All others in the building that were evacuated temporarily will be able to stay in the apartments unaffected.
This is the second stove fire that has happened at this apartment building within the past two months, the other happening back in September.
The State Marshal is investigating after a business caught fire in Martin County Saturday night.
Martin County Fire Rescue responded to a fire alarm going off at Paradigm Precision on SE Commerce Ave. in Stuart shortly after 7:30 p.m.
Five stations aided at the scene after the first crews that arrived noticed a smell of light smoke.
Inside the building, they discovered a small fire near a table.
Fire rescue reports the sprinkler system was a critical aid in keeping the tableside fire in check.
They also praise the working fire alarm and sprinkler system as “critical in reducing damage in this incident.”
Aubrey said his department was called about 8:30 p.m. to Hockley House on Hockley Avenue, and residents reported smoke on the fifth floor when crews arrived.
There were also some reports of an explosion being heard, which prompted a request for assistance from departments in Colwood, View Royal and Esquimalt.
Since it turned out to be a relatively minor incident, the other departments were told to stand down, Aubrey said. “The fire could have been much larger but the sprinklers controlled it.”
He said nothing was found in the suite that indicated there had been an explosion.
“It might have been the sound of the sprinklers activating — sometimes they make a loud bang,” Aubrey said. “And we’re checking to see if there were any aerosol cans or something like that that might have been affected by the fire.”
Residents were evacuated from the 120-unit building but all but one were able to get back inside in a few hours, Aubrey said. One person was checked out by paramedics and did not have to be hospitalized.
The street was reopened by 10:30 p.m.
At approximately 7:53 p.m. on September 22, 2024, Ladder 6 was dispatched from the Sheldon station for Eugene Springfield Fire (ESF) to a fire alarm at Sound Stage 4 on the property.
After arriving, crews found smoke pouring from the building and an alarm sounding, ESF tells us.
ESF called for a first alarm and began to work on building access. Fire crews tell us that the large warehouse style sound stage was being utilized as storage for a local second hand retailer to store holiday inventory.
Thanks to a functioning sprinkler system and a lengthy battle from fire crews, the fire was contained, and no injuries were reported.
Due to the large amount of smoke and some collapsing of of the stored goods, the fire was difficult to access.
Fire crews say the building’s sprinkler system played a crucial role in keeping the fire from spreading.
While inside, the partial collapse of stacked boxes forced the team to evacuate temporarily before regrouping to move hazards.
ESF tells us that large warehouse buildings can pose various risks for getting lost, collapsing inventory or cold smoke explosions.
The fire was contained to the inventory in the building and there were no injuries reported.
This is a developing story; the cause of the fire is still under investigation; we will bring you more details when we receive them.
