Tag Archives: Evening (6pm-9pm)

Apartment Building, Residential

Mother, two daughters escape apartment fire thanks to sprinkler system (Ithaca, NY)

October 11, 2013 viking210

An unattended pan left on the stove caught fire Wednesday evening in the West Hill Circle apartment complex but was quickly knocked down by the unit’s sprinkler system, according to Ithaca firefighters. A mother was home with her two young children when she left the kitchen. Firefighters said cooking oil left in an unattended pan ignited, causing a flash fire on the stove and the surrounding cabinets. The apartment was equipped with an automatic sprinkler system, and the head in the apartment’s kitchen immediately activated, extinguishing the fire.

Other / Not Specified, Other Business

Damage minimized at Boys & Girls Club thanks to fire sprinkler system (Lake Elsinore, CA)

September 26, 2013 viking210 2 Comments

On Tuesday, September 24, a fire was reported at a Boys & Girls Club at 7:42 p.m. Fire crews responded and found that the facility’s fire sprinkler system had already activated and kept the fire contained to the room where the fire had started. An “appliance malfunction” is being blamed for the blaze, and no one was injured.

Battalion Chief Mark Barr credited the fire sprinkler system with keeping the fire in check and preventing several hundreds of thousands of dollars more in damage.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Sprinklers prove effectiveness in nursing home fire (Pleasanton, CA)

September 17, 2013 viking210

Fire crews responded to a two-alarm fire at a nursing home on Sunday, September 15 evening. The fire, which began in the laundry room, was contained by the nursing home’s fire sprinkler system until the firefighters arrived to extinguish it. Residents safely evacuated the building and all but three rooms were re-opened within an hour and a half. No injuries were reported.

Manufacturing, Paper Mill / Saw Mill, Residential

Fire controlled by fire sprinkler system at sawmill (Prince George, BC)

September 17, 2013 viking210

A fire broke out in a sawmill the evening of September 15, and fire sprinklers as well as mill workers kept the fire contained to the exterior wall and connecting roof until firefighters were on the scene. No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinkler system extinguishes fire at apartment (Joplin, MO)

September 17, 2013 viking210

A fire in a seventh floor apartment is being investigated, while the suppression of the fire is being credited to the unit’s fire sprinkler system. 

Keith Stammer, the director of emergency management, said, “This is a case where the sprinkler system did its job and knocked that fire down right away.”

The fire, which began at 7:15 p.m. on September 15, was completely extinguished by 7:30 p.m.

Dry Cleaner, Retail

Damage minimized at cleaning business thanks to fire sprinkler system (Billings, MT)

September 14, 2013 viking210

A fire which began in a cleaning business the evening of September 12 when rags and clothing that were placed in a laundry basket spontaneously combusted. Fire crews arrived and saw fire through the windows of the building. 

 

“They were thinking it would be something really substantial,” Deputy Fire Marshal Jeff McCullough said. “Fortunately…the fire sprinkler system put most of the fire out.”

 

Minimal structural damage occurred from the fire, and no injuries were reported.

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Sprinklers control fire at plastic manufacturer (Paso Robles, CA)

September 5, 2013 viking210

A fire broke out the evening of September 4 in the employee break room of a plastics manufacturer. The fire sprinkler activated and kept the fire from spreading; fire crews arrived and put out the remaining flames. The employees who were in the building were able to evacuate safely; the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant

Sprinklers make the difference in golf clubhouse fire (Rancho Santa Fe, CA)

September 4, 2013 viking210

At 8:06 PM on September 1st, firefighters arrived to a fire call at a golf clubhouse. The fire crews located the fire, which had been eliminated by the building’s fire sprinkler system, in the attic space. A wedding party that was occurring in the building was relocated to the outdoor patio until the fire was reported as eliminated.

Battalion Fire Chief Fred Cox said about the incident, “… without fire sprinklers this could have been a major fire. The fire was well established before sprinkler activation, and without them, it would have easily spread unchecked through a very large and open attic space before being detected.” 

Fire investigators are initially blaming the fire on electrical issues; no injuries occurred as a result of the fire.

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinkler system suppresses fire at apartment (Brown Deer, WI)

August 27, 2013 viking210 2 Comments

Fire crews responded to a fire in an apartment complex and discovered that the fire had been extinguished by the building’s fire sprinkler. The resident stated that the fire had started when she had fallen asleep while cooking something on her stove. Her daughter and she evacuated without injury. 

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Fire put out by fire sprinkler at manufacturing plant (Fond Du Lac, WI)

August 21, 2013 viking210 1 Comment

A manufacturing plant had a fire erupt in an oven in the painting line on the evening of August 20, and the plant’s fire sprinkler system extinguished the flames before fire crews arrived. No injuries were reported.