Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston says crews were called just before 3:30 p.m. to an apartment building in the 200 block of NE Madison Avenue, between Hamilton and Fayette.
Ralston says the building’s sprinkler system helped firefighters bring the fire under control quickly, but four units suffered fire and water damage.
Damage is estimated at $80,000. No injuries were reported. Four people were displaced by the fire.
The suspect’s name has not been released by Peoria Police at this time.
Fire crews were called to an apartment fire on NE Jefferson in downtown Peoria early Monday morning.
Fire Battalion Chief Mike Ralston says Peoria Fire received the call from the five-story New Hope Apartments just after 12:30 a.m., finding the fire mostly contained by the building’s sprinkler system, which had activated effectively.
Ralston says the fire started in a single apartment unit and it was determined to have been intentionally set. The fire was contained to the apartment, preventing any further spread through the building.
Damage is estimated at $200,000, with most of the damage due to water from the sprinkler system activation.
All of the residents were evacuated safely, and no injuries were reported.
“Everything worked how it was supposed to work,” a firefighter told Our Quad Cities News crew.
Workers inside the building reported that a machine caught fire at 6:11 p.m. Then the sprinkler system contained the blaze, firefighters said.
Crews remained on the scene to ensure the fire didn’t spread. No injuries were reported.
Firefighters responded to a report from an occupant of a fire in this two-story apartment building. Once on the scene, crews reported smoke coming from a second-story apartment. Firefighters extended a single hose line to extinguish this sprinkler-controlled fire.
The cause of this fire has not been determined as fire investigators remain on scene conducting their investigation. There were no firefighter or occupant injuries reported. The occupants of two units will be displaced because of this fire.
At 8:55 p.m., Wednesday, January 15, the Macomb Fire Department was dispatched to a water flow alarm at Grote Hall, 720 W Adams Street on the campus of Western Illinois University (WIU) in Macomb.
While enroute, the WIU Office of Public Safety (OPS) advised that they had smoke and flames in room 410. The first arriving units arrived on scene at 9:01 p.m. and began high-rise standpipe operations. Fire command made contact with OPS who had discharged two fire extinguishers on the fire.
The interior firefighting crew stretched a hose line to the fire room and finished extinguishing the fire. The fire was contained to a waste basket in the room.
The fire activated a sprinkler within the closet of the room and kept the fire from spreading. Multiple rooms sustained smoke and water damage and at least two residents were displaced.
Four on-duty firefighters responded to the call and nine additional firefighters responded to a crew callback. Emmet- Chalmers and Good Hope Fire Departments responded to the scene and assisted with primary searches of the building.
The fire was deemed under control at 9:12 PM. All units cleared at 11:21 p.m. One firefighter was transported to a local hospital for observation and was treated and released.
A smoke alarm was present in the room, however, did not alarm due to the device being obstructed by the resident. Once the sprinkler system activated the water flow alarm notified OPS dispatch of the fire.
The structure sustained fire, smoke, and water damage throughout and has an estimated loss of $20,000. The fire was investigated by the Macomb Fire Department and WIU OPS. The fire was deemed unintentional due to improper disposal of ignited materials.
The Macomb Fire Department wants to again remind citizens that smoke detectors are essential safety devices that play a crucial role in protecting lives and property by providing early warning of smoke or fire. Tampering with smoke detectors can lead to criminal charges.
The following agencies assisted: McDonough County Communications Center, Macomb IL Police, WIU OPS, WIU Support Staff, Lifeguard Ambulance Service of Illinois, Emmet- Chalmers FPD, Good Hope FPD, and the City of Macomb Public Works.
No one was hurt, and the fire was extinguished by a sprinkler system before crews arrived. The incident occurred around 11:40 p.m.
All residents were able to evacuate safely.
Firefighters removed the dryer, checked for any additional fires, ventilated the building, and assisted an adjacent unit with water intrusion.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, but it was contained to the single dryer. Fire crews were on the scene for about two hours.
About 9:23 a.m., fire alarms were triggered near the woodshop of Glenbrook South High School, leading the building’s fire suppression and sprinkler system to be activated, the school posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
While the school initially said that students and staff were being allowed back into the building after being evacuated, it later said students would be dismissed after a “large amount of water” in the building had impacted school events.
“School is canceled for the rest of the day and students will be dismissed using a tiered system,” the school said.
In a 11:16 a.m. Facebook post, the school confirmed that all students had been dismissed.
According to the school, Monday morning’s fire alarm took place during “School Emergency Preparedness Week.”
No further details surrounding the circumstances of the incident were released. Glenbrook South High School did not immediately respond to NBC Chicago’s request for comment.
Shortly after midnight, the LTFPD was called to the scene in the 1300 block of Mews Lane where crews found a fire had broken out on the balcony of a second-floor apartment unit.
According to the fire district, the building’s sprinkler system was triggered by the smoke and kept the fire from spreading, allowing crews to quickly extinguish it.
The building’s exterior reportedly suffered some damage, and the interior of the impacted unit also sustained minor damage.
Although the occupants were home at the time of the fire, no injuries were reported.
Lockport Fire Investigators still are investigating the specific cause of the fire, but, according to the initial report, the cause “appears to be accidental.”
Officials said there were no occupants or firefighters injured during the incident.
Firefighters were called for an activated fire alarm at around 6 a.m. and found a sprinkler system activation at the fire alarm panel upon arrival. The hotel manager said a guest reported a fire in her room on the third floor.
The crews proceeded quickly to the third floor via the stairwell and reported light smoke conditions and a single sprinkler head activation, according to officials. Once it was verified the fire was out, the sprinkler system was shut down and drained to avoid further water damage.
Officials said the fire is still under investigation, but the area of origin appears to be a single light fixture in the bathroom of the third-floor room. There was limited damage and the fire did not extend beyond the bathroom of the fire unit due to the quick action of the sprinkler head. Multiple rooms were deemed uninhabitable due to smoke and water damage.
Crews from Mt. Prospect, Rolling Meadows, Des Plaines and Elk Grove Village assisted in the operations.
The Arlington Heights Fire Department is “everyone to always have an escape plan, whether at home or staying somewhere temporarily like a hotel.”
A fire just before 4 p.m. on Halloween left two apartments in Urbana uninhabitable.
The Urbana Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at an apartment complex on Lincoln Avenue at 3:55 p.m. on Oct. 31. Initially, three engines, one ladder and one command officer were dispatched.
When the crews arrived, there was no sign of fire coming from the building, but after investigating, crews found water coming from an apartment.
The crews forced the apartment door open and found it was full of smoke. While the fire did damage the stove, microwave and cabinets, it was kept from spreading throughout the unit by the sprinkler system.
More firefighters were dispatched to the scene and crews were able to extinguish the fire within 10 minutes. The apartment residents were not home at the time of the fire, and no injuries were reported from responding crews or other residents living in the apartment complex.
The residents living in the apartment that experienced the fire, and the apartment directly below were told that their residences were not inhabitable at this time.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation and damage estimates have not been determined at this time.
