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Sprinklers limit damage in commercial building fire (South Bend, IN)
Fire crews were dispatched to a fire at 1:30 a.m. Monday at the South Bend/St. Joseph Building Department. The building’s fire sprinkler was operating when they arrived, preventing a large amount of damage.
“The sprinkler head was triggered by the fire in that office,” said Captain Christian Rose of the South Bend Fire Department. “And there was a broken window, so we’re unsure how that happened. So we called the fire investigators out to see whether or not arson was involved, or something else.”
The office was open for business on Monday, and there were no injuries reported.
Sprinklers save lives and property at manufacturing facility fire (Middlebury, IN)
After some equipment caught on fire at a wood manufacturing facility early Friday morning, four area fire departments arrived to fight the flames.
Middlebury Fire Chief Jeff Wogoman said, “I figured we’d have a beast on our hands, but it went pretty smooth.”
The facility was equipped with fire sprinklers, which contained the the flames.
“If they didn’t have a sprinkler system, it probably would have burned down,” Chief Wogoman said. “That’s what saved the building – that early control of the fire.”
Manufacturing plant fire eliminated thanks to fire sprinklers (Seymour, IN)
Apartment fire extinguished thanks to sprinklers (Fishers, IN)
*** FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED – NO MEDIA COVERAGE *** Fishers Fire and Emergency Services responded to a fire reported at an apartment building at 9:23 p.m. on March 1. They discovered that the fire that had begun on a third floor unit had been eliminated by a sprinkler head. The fire damage was limited to a few contents inside of a closet, and the cause of the fire is under investigation. No injuries were reported, and no residents were displaced.
