Tag Archives: Evening (6pm-9pm)

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant

Wichita, KS – Cooking fire at high-rise hotel extinguished by sprinkler system

The Wichita Fire Department was busy early Tuesday evening. Fire crews were called out to a high-rise building fire at the Value Place Hotel in the 3400 hundred block of N. Great Plains, near K-96 and Oliver around 6:45 p.m.

Apartment Building, Residential, Residential High Rise

Victoria, BC, Canada – Stove fan fire in high-rise apartment building doused by sprinkler system

A small fire in an apartment building on Fisgard Street will likely have residents of least a few units looking for somewhere to stay tonight. Crews were called to the 12-story Hudson Mews building at 780 Fisgard just before 8 p.m.

People living in the 120-unit building were forced out as firefighters arrived and searched for the cause. It turned out to be a fire in a stove fan on the fifth floor of the building.

“When crews arrived on scene, they found that a suite on the fifth floor had had sprinkler activation,” said Victoria Fire Department Acting Battalion Chief Mark Robertson.

“it was caused by a small fire in a hood vent.” The fire doesn’t appear to have caused much damage but it set off sprinklers.

“The fire has been extinguished but there was quite a bit of water damage to the suites below,” said Robertson.  City of Victoria Emergemcy Social Service attended to take care of any residents that were unable to return to their suites.

The building’s management team assisted with contacting their repair contractors and organizing their residents.  Those who could return home were allowed back in about 45 minutes later.

The building opened in May 2014.

Retail, Shopping Mall

Missoula, MT – Sprinkler system activates to help prevent dumpster fire from spreading into shopping mall

Witnesses say thick smoke was billowing into the Southgate Mall late Friday evening as emergency crews responded to a fire outside the shopping center. 

Retail, Shopping Mall

West Burlington, IA – Jewelry store fire in shopping mall extinguished with help from sprinkler system

A small fire caused occurred at Kay’s Jewelry Store about 7 p.m. Wednesday at Westland Mall.  West Burlington Fire Chief Shaun Ryan said his firefighters responded to the mall about 7 p.m. on the report of smoke coming from a storage facility on the second-floor of the store.  He said sprinkler systems activated and extinguished most of the fire by the time fire crews arrived.  He said firefighters were able to knock down the remainder of the small fire within minutes.

The entire mall was evacuated for about 90 minutes while firefighters removed smoke from the area, he said. The mall’s alarm system is on the same circuit so fire alarms went off throughout the building. 

He said the cause of the investigation remains under investigation.  No injuries were reported.  The Burlington Fire Department assisted West Burlington at the scene.

Office Building, Retail

New Canaan, CT – Fire in historic downtown commercial building contained by sprinkler system

New Canaan firefighters on Monday night put out a blaze that had broken out in the third story of a commercial building at the corner of on Main Street and East Avenue, prompting emergency responders to close the area to motor vehicle traffic.  It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the fire at 96 Main St., though it appeared to have started in the attic of the prominent downtown building, according to Fire Chief Jack Hennessey.

“Sprinklers assisted with putting out the fire,” Hennessey told NewCanaanite.com. “The sprinklers saved the day. It could have been a very, very serious fire. Right now we are making sure that we got all of the fire and we are dealing with the water damage from the sprinkler system.”

No one was hurt in the blaze, which drew multiple New Canaan Police and Fire Department vehicles—including Engine 1 and Ladder 2—at about 7:48 p.m., officials said.  The full extent of the damage could not immediately be assessed, Hennessey said, though it included structural damage in the attic and water damage on the third floor and possibly second floor.

“It’s dark and it’s still a mess, so it’s hard to tell,” he said.  The smell of smoke wafted down from the building on this windy Labor Day night, as some dozen people milled about the street and sidewalk below.

Police closed Main Street between Locust and East Avenues, and also directed eastbound traffic on East Avenue back down away from the scene.  The 1912-built, brick-exterior building—long known as the “Wire Whisk” space and currently occupied by both New Canaan Nails & Spa and Kaahve coffee shop on the ground floor facing Main Street, and Cava restaurant on a lower level around Forest Street—is known to longtime locals as the former base of Elliot Noyes & Associates, named for the Harvard Five architect who worked and resided in New Canaan.

Other - Retail, Retail

Fairbanks, AK – Fire at Michaels craft store suppressed by sprinkler system

If you drove by the Michaels arts and crafts store in the Bentley Mall this (Tue) morning, not much looked out of the ordinary.  But if you tried to go in, you found the store closed, with a sign on the door saying there had been a fire in the business.

Fairbanks Firefighters got the call at 6-30 Monday evening, and arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the building, and a fire at the end of one of the aisles.  The origin and cause of the fire are currently under investigation by the Fairbanks Fire Marshals.

Kyle Green, FFD Deputy Fire Marshal, told us “We arrived on scene to find the building full of smoke. The store and the mall were evacuated. Crews made entry and found a fire in the store that was being suppressed by the sprinkler system pretty well. We had to finish extinguishing it. We did so and then we spent quite a bit of time ejecting smoke from the building and mitigating further damage. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. Michaels is busy right now getting in touch with their folks to come up and assess what we’re looking at for damage.”

 

Other - Retail, Retail

Marston Mills, MA – Sprinkler system holds fire in check at auto restoration business

Fire broke out in a strip mall building in Marstons Mills shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday.  Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills firefighters responded to an alarm activation at 40 Industrial Road and discovered the fire.  Only one business was open and everyone there safely evacuated.  A sprinkler system kept the fire in check and crews quickly got it under control.  Firefighters used a metal-cutting saw to gain entry to the unit. A sign identified the business as Euro-Restoration, a car repair company.  Mutual aid from Cotuit and West Barnstable assisted at the scene.

Apartment Building, Residential

Olympia, WA – No injuries in apartment fire controlled by sprinkler system

Olympia firefighters responded to a fire alarm about 6:45 p.m. Wednesday at a west Olympia apartment complex.  When they arrived at the Fern Street Southwest building, they found fire inside one of the second-floor apartments. The small fire was being kept under control by the automatic sprinkler system. Fire crews finished extinguishing the fire and ensured all occupants had gotten out of the building.

Damage was limited to a corner of the living room and was estimated at $45,000.  Olympia Fire Department responded; McLane Fire District 9 provided assistance by responding to an unrelated call for medical aid within the city.  No one was injured. On Thursday, the cause of the fire was undetermined.

Other - Retail, Retail

Camdenton, MO – Bathroom fire at consignment store controlled by sprinkler system

Firefighters made entry into Bear Market to find a fire burning in the bathroom in the center of the business which was being controlled by the building’s fire sprinkler system.   The Camdenton business suffered minor smoke damage as a result of the fire Sunday night.  According to a press release from the Camdenton Fire Department, the CFD responded to a fire alarm at 625 West US Highway 54 at Camdenton Post Office and Bear Market at 8:26 p.m. Aug. 21.  A water flow alarm was also sounding at Bear Market Consignment Store. 

Camdenton Fire Department arrived to find significant smoke inside Bear Market.  The incident was upgraded to a working fire and Mid County Fire Protection District responded to the scene to assist.

Firefighters made entry into Bear Market to find a fire burning in the bathroom in the center of the business which was being controlled by the building’s fire sprinkler system.  Firefighters checked for fire extension and found there was no fire extension, according to the press release, and the fire sprinkler system was shut off.

The fire damage was contained to the ceiling area above the bathroom. The center section of Bear Market around the bathroom suffered minor water damage. All of Bear Market suffered minor smoke damage. Damage was contained to Bear Market.

Investigation revealed that the fire originated in the ceiling of the bathroom in the area of the ventilation fan and light fixture, according to the CFD.  The Camdenton Fire Department was also assisted on scene by the Camdenton Police Department, Camden County Ambulance District / Mercy Ambulance, Camden County Sheriff’s Department, Missouri State Highway Patrol and Laclede Electric. Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District moved an engine and personnel to Mid County Fire Protection District Station #2 for coverage.

Bear Market commented on their Facebook page, “Tonight August 21, 2016 our store has survived a small fire above the out house!! We will be closed until the fire Marshal approves everything. Restroom will be closed for a few weeks probably. Thanks for your patience.”

No further posts have been made to indicate they have reopened yet.

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Temple, TX – Fire at foam products manufacturer controlled by sprinkler system

A Temple factory was evacuated early Sunday evening, after some of the foam workers were making caught on fire.  It happened at the Carpenter Company on North General Bruce Drive in Temple, shortly after 6:30 p.m.  Officials said employees were in the building when that fire broke out, but everyone was evacuated safely.

There were no major injuries, however one person was treated for minor smoke inhalation.  Firefighters say it took a few hours before they could enter the building. According to Thomas Pechal the Public Information Officer for Temple Fire and Rescue, he said the sprinkler system is what kept the fire from spreading.

“Our goal right now is to ventilate the building so we can get the remainder of the foam extinguished and get that out of the building,” said Pechal.  There was over 100 pounds of foam material that caught fire, but it didn’t cause any structural damage.  Firefighters did eventually enter the building after the ventilation was complete, and they got the fire under control around 8:15 p.m.

It is unclear how many employees were working at the time of the fire.