Tag Archives: Evening (6pm-9pm)

Apartment Building, Residential

Cat survives apartment fire thanks to fire sprinkler system (Portland, OR)

Firefighters who responded to a southeast Portland apartment fire could hear screaming inside and see smoke seeping from under the door. So they kicked in the door and found — a cat.

Fire spokesman Ron Rouse says the cat — named Dude — was fine after the firefighters took him outside Wednesday evening and gave him some oxygen.

Rouse says the apartment resident had taken some warm clothes from the dryer and set them on a couch near some oily rags, then left the apartment. The spokesman says the combination of heat and the oily rags created spontaneous combustion. The apartment’s automatic sprinklers contained the fire to the couch.

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Damage minimized at aluminum fabricator fire thanks to sprinkler system (Beloit, WI)

American Aluminum Extrusion’s sprinkler system did its job, according to Deputy Fire Chief Bruce Hedrington.  “We had smoke 60 feet above the building when we were responding, but we didn’t see any fire because the sprinkler system did its job and knocked its down,” Hedrington said. “The sprinklers usually just kept it in check, but it did a great job.”  All employees were safely evacuated before firefighters arrived. 

Other - Storage / Warehouse, Storage / Warehouse

Sprinkler system kept harbor fire from spreading (Kahului Harbor, Maui)

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinkler system contains third floor apartment fire (Chesterfield, VA)

“It could have been a disaster without the sprinkler system,” Battalion Chief Robby Dawson of Chesterfield Fire and EMS Fire Marshal’s office said. “More residents would have been affected and we would have been on scene at least two days doing an investigation instead of the few hours we were there. The sprinklers made the difference. The system saved lives.”

Primary / Secondary School, School / University

Deliberately set fire at high school extinguished by sprinkler system (San Jose, CA)

A small fire at a San Jose high school Sunday evening was deliberately set, according to fire officials. Firefighters found that a side door on a theater building had been set on fire, melting the plexiglass window and damaging siding on the building. The fire had been put out by a sprinkler by the time firefighters arrived on scene. An arson investigator has determined the fire was deliberately set. There were no injuries due to the fire, according to San Jose Fire Capt. Rob.

Office Building, Other Business

Sprinkler system assists firefighters during office building fire (Columbia, MO)

Fire fighters searched the building for the fire and within 15 minutes located and extinguished a fire in the attic space between the third-floor ceiling and the roof of the building. A fire sprinkler had also activated in the room below the fire. Fire damage was contained to the ceiling and attic space immediately above the approximately 10′ x10′ room of an unoccupied third-floor office suite.

Apartment Building, Residential

Sprinkler system prevents apartment fire from spreading beyond kitchen (Green Valley, AZ)

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A sprinkler prevented a fire from spreading beyond the kitchen of a home in the Michelle Manor Apartments in Green Valley on Monday evening. The resident had been heating oil in a cast iron skillet when she went outside to check on the grill and visit with friends, according to the Green Valley Fire District. She returned to find the pan on fire and the flames too intense to extinguish. “Fires like this are a great example of how quickly a fire can be extinguished and how major loss of property or life prevented by sprinklers,” GVFD Operations Chief Chuck Wunder said.