Apartment Building, Residential Single Sprinkler Saves Lives and Property in Apartment Fire (Spartanburg, SC) February 22, 2012 viking210 Automatic fire sprinklers again prove their effectiveness in a kitchen fire in a 12th-floor apartment. No injuries reported.
Apartment Building, Residential Single sprinkler head contained apartment fire (Englewood, CO) February 10, 2012 viking210 Investigators say the fire was caused when a stove burner was left on high and items near the stove caught fire. The microwave above the stove was melting and kitchen cabinets were burning when a single sprinkler head activated and put out the fire. A smoke alarm in the apartment activated, but it was not until the sprinkler head went off that other alarms in the complex went off and the fire department was notified. No injuries.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Electrical fire activated sprinkler system just above the fire (Westerly, RI) February 8, 2012 viking210 An electrical fire at the Knickerbocker Café activated a fire suppression sprinkler just above the ice machine.
Hospital/Care Facility, Hospital/Medical Clinic Hospital room fire extinguished by sprinkler (Fort Wayne, IN) February 3, 2012 viking210 Sprinkler system prevented fire from spreading at mental health hospital. No one hurt.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system extingished apartment building fire (Cincinnati, OH) January 31, 2012 viking210 The first units discovered that there had been a small fire in an apartment on the tenth floor of the twelve story high-rise building. The fire had activated the sprinkler system. There were no reported injuries.
Other - Retail, Retail Thrift store basement fire contained by sprinkler system (Sacramento, CA) January 27, 2012 viking210 Fire in the basement of a thrift store was contained by the sprinkler system. People were evacuated, and no one was injured.
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler System Kept Apartment Kitchen Fire Under Control (Villa Park, IL) January 23, 2012 viking210 “The sprinkler system did what it was supposed to do,” said Steve Stapleton, deputy fire chief. “It activated and confined the fire, saving people’s lives.”
Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system contained dead Christmas tree fire (Vancouver, BC) January 16, 2012 viking210 Vancouver fire starts from dead Christmas tree left near barbecue. Fire broke out on a second story balcony. The fire spread to the balcony above, and the sprinklers went off. There were no injuries at the fire.
Other - Retail, Retail Sprinkler System Helps Knock Down Salon Fire (New City, NY) January 7, 2012 viking210 New City Fire Chief Ken Flynn said the fire appeared to have started on a long reception desk in the salon. He said a Clarkstown police officer saw flames coming from the desk, and then the shop’s sprinkler system kicked in an stopped the fire from spreading.
Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility Sprinklers Mitigate Damage in Recycling Center Fire (Lufkin, TX) January 5, 2012 viking210 “When we arrived on scene, there were flames visible, but the fire was contained because of the sprinkler system,” Lufkin Fire Marshal Capt. Steve McCool said. “If not for the sprinkler system, the fire could have been a lot worse.”
