Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Fire extinguished by fire sprinklers at restaurant (Lahaina, HI) September 25, 2013 viking210 A fire began in a clothes dryer at a restaurant during the early morning hours of September 24. The fire stayed in the utility room which housed the clothes dryer and was suppressed by the restaurant’s fire sprinkler system. No injuries were reported from the incident.
Residential, Townhouse / Condominium Fire sprinklers extinguish condominium fire (Honolulu, HI) March 17, 2013 viking210 A fire which started in the kitchen of a condominium was completely put out by the building’s fire sprinklers. One person was in the unit sleeping at the time, and no one was reported injured.
Other - Storage / Warehouse, Storage / Warehouse Sprinkler system kept harbor fire from spreading (Kahului Harbor, Maui) July 30, 2012 viking210 Witnesses saw a teenager use a cigarette lighter to start a fire in a new canoe hale, built from traditional materials of dried palm leaves. The fire damaged about a 100 square feet of the structure before a sprinkler system kept it from spreading. The sprinkler system was installed to bring the structure into compliance with Maui’s building codes.
Residential, Residential High Rise High-rise condo fire on 18th floor controlled by sprinkler system (Honolulu, HI) June 19, 2012 viking210 The fire broke out on the 18th floor of the King Tower at Liliuokalani Gardens. Fire officials said everyone in the building evacuated. The occupant of the unit where the fire started was not at home at the time of the blaze. Since the mid-1970s, all high-rise building on Oahu above 75-feet-tall were required to have a sprinkler system. Liliuokalani Gardens was built in 1984 and had its sprinklers built in. “The fire was controlled by a sprinkler head in the room where it began,” said Honolulu Fire Department Capt. Terry Seelig. “It appears that it began in the living room.”
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Sprinkler system keeps fire from spreading at popular restaurant (Honolulu, HI) February 10, 2012 viking210 Sprinkler system keeps fire from spreading at popular Aiea restaurant. Fire officials say the fire started just before 3 a.m. in a plastic trash container in the kitchen.
Residential, Residential High Rise Single Sprinkler Head Prevents High-rise Fire From Spreading (Honolulu, Hawaii) January 26, 2012 viking210 According to officials, the fire activated a single sprinkler head, which confined the fire to that room. No one was injured.
