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Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Hopkinsville, KY – Sprinkler system activated for early morning fire at nursing home; No injuries reported

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Bradford Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation was damaged in a fire early Friday morning, but luckily no one was injured in the blaze. 

According to Hopkinsville Fire and EMS Captain Payton Rogers, the call came in around 4:45 a.m. of a fire inside a bedroom at the nursing home. Crews arrived to find the fire inside one of the residents’ bedrooms in the 300 hall and staff were actively evacuating everyone on that hall. Firefighters immediately began helping with the evacuation.

The fire was contained to the bedroom, but the whole wing sustained damage from the sprinkler system.

A total of 16 patients were evacuated, and one adult female was transported to Jennie Stuart Medical Center for chest pains. Several staff members were evaluated for smoke inhalation, but none required transport.

No injuries were reported that were related to the fire. The cause of the blaze is believed to have begun due to an issue with the room’s wall-mounted heating and cooling unit.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Cadiz, KY – Fire extinguished by sprinkler system at assisted living facility; No injuries reported

A fire caused the evacuation of an assisted living facility on Shelby Street in Cadiz on Sunday afternoon.

Cadiz firefighters say the fire was contained to one patient’s room at Better Senior Living and was extinguished by their sprinkler system.

The building was evacuated by staff before firefighters arrived.

No one was injured, firefighters say, they are waiting for fire Marshalls to investigate.

Residential, Residential High Rise

Louisville, KY – Sprinkler system activated for fire in high-rise; No injuries reported

A high-rise apartment building caught on fire in downtown Louisville, leading to about 100 temporary evacuations.

Around 12:30 a.m., Louisville Fire Department said they responded to a fire at a building in the 400 block of South Eighth Street.

When firefighters got there, they found that a fourth floor apartment was on fire.

They did a complete search of the building, and no injuries or victims were reported.

The building’s sprinkler system had already turned on, but it still took around 50 firefighters almost half an hour to bring the fire under control.

The fire was contained to the apartment, but smoke and water damage required an evacuation of the building’s fourth floor and the floors below it.

Upper floor residents were allowed to shelter in place.

Two TARC buses were brought in to provide shelter for the evacuated residents. Those residents were allowed back to their homes within hours.

Louisville Fire said its preliminary findings suggest the fire started in an air conditioning unit.

Maintenance was able to relocate the resident of the fire unit to a new apartment.

Louisville Fire’s Arson Unit is investigating the cause of the fire.

Louisville Metro Housing Authority released a statement on the fire:

“The Louisville Metro Housing Authority thanks the Louisville Fire Department for its swift and professional response to the fire at Avenue Plaza, a property owned and managed by LMHA. Thanks to their efforts and the building’s sprinkler system, the fire was quickly contained to a single unit. The resident has been safely relocated, and LMHA is providing social services support. We are grateful that no injuries were reported.”

Other / Not Specified, Other Business

Henderson, KY – Sprinkler system activated for kitchen fire at crisis intervention center

An overnight fire at the Albion Fellows Bacon Center in Evansville has closed the crisis intervention center.

Officials say the fire started in the communal kitchen inside the building. A sprinkler system was deployed and stopped the fire from spreading to the rest of the building. Though stopping the fire, the sprinklers did cause excessive water damage to the building.

One staff member was injured in the fire and was treated for smoke inhalation. They have since been released.

At the time of the fire, there were 10 residents in the building, as well as a pet kitten.

The Albion Fellows Bacon Center is working with the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Holly’s House, and the YWCA of Evansville to continue to shelter people in crisis. The crisis lines of The Albion Fellows Bacon Center are still available to call.

Officials with the crisis intervention center say they are awaiting a fire inspection to see when they will be able to open the building again.

Apartment Building, Residential

Lexington, KY – Sprinkler system activated for fire at apartment complex; No injuries reported

Residents in an apartment have been displaced after a fire Sunday afternoon.

The Lexington Fire Dept. was called out to the 500 block of Angliana Ave. for a fire just after 6 p.m.

Officials say they found the fire in a dryer in a first-floor apartment.

It was contained to the laundry room and put out with a watering can and apartment sprinkler system.

No one was injured, but officials say the apartment occupants will be displaced.

Fire investigators are looking into the cause of the fire.

Manufacturing, Other - Manufacturing

Campbellsville, KY – Sprinkler system activated for forklift on fire at commercial building; No injuries reported

The run was upgraded to a working fire and additional units were dispatched from mutual aid departments due to the size and contents of the building, after entering the structure firefighters found a forklift on fire and water flow from the buildings sprinkler system.
Units extinguished the fire, checked for any extension and ventilated the structure. Fire damage was contained to the area of the fire by the sprinkler system. No injuries reported.
Other / Not Specified, Other Business

Lexington, KY – Sprinkler system activated for overnight fire at Aramark building

A business has some damage after an overnight fire in Lexington.

Flames broke out after 11 p.m. at the Aramark building on Versailles Road.

Crews arrived quickly and crawled under the smoke to put out the flames.

District Fire Chief Brian Dawson says the fire started in some clothing bins inside the building.

“The sprinkler heads in the building kept the fire in check, but it didn’t completely put the fire out,” Dawson said. “We had about 10 units responding to the fire and the Jonas Brothers’ concert slowed one of them down, but they were still on scene within five minutes of the initial fire.”

Dawson says the fire damaged some items in the building, but the structure is sound and no one was hurt.

One person was in the building when the fire started.

Investigators are still determining the origin and cause.

Food Processing, Manufacturing

Lexington, KY – Sprinkler system activated for fire at Smucker plant; No injuries reported

An investigation is underway after fire crews responded to two different situations at the JM Smucker plant in Lexington.

The Winchester Road plant makes Jif peanut butter.

Fire department officials tell us they responded shortly after 11 Monday morning for a reported hazmat incident at the plant.

When crews got there, they discovered there were two separate incidents going on. The first was a small ammonia leak, and the second was a fire at one of the roasters within the plant.

Additional fire units were called in to manage both incidents, which were in different parts of the building.

The sprinkler system activated and knocked down the bulk of the fire. The fire did extend outside the point of origin to the roof and at least one of the stacks. The fire has since been extinguished.

Fire officials say the ammonia leak was contained to the area of origin and the building has been ventilated.

We’re told all the workers at the plant got out, and no injuries were reported. Our crew at the scene says it looks like the workers have been allowed to go back inside the plant.

Company officials say they are working through their restart procedures.

Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse

Corbin, KY – Sprinkler system activated for fire at warehouse facility

Officials at Webbed Sphere Inc. were alerted to a small fire at the company’s facility that triggered the alarm and sprinkler systems about 3 a.m. Tuesday morning.

“Webbed Sphere really appreciates the first responders who arrived so quickly to ensure everyone’s safety,” said Jon Huston, founder of Webbed Sphere. “Their professionalism and dedication are second to none.”

Members of the West Knox Volunteer Fire Department were alerted to the blaze by the building’s alarm system. They were assisted in their response by the Corbin Fire Department.

The fire started in an area of the building leased by a tenant of Webbed Sphere. It was contained quickly by the building’s fire suppression system. There was no structural damage and the fire only impacted a small, 20’x20’ area consisting of a workstation and some shelving.

“It was just a lot of smoke from all the products that caught fire,” said John Ward, CEO of Webbed Sphere. “The safety of our employees is the top priority. They did report for work normally (Tuesday), but were reassigned to areas not impacted by the smoke.”

The company expected a full return to normal operations Wednesday.

Athletic Club/Sports Facility, Other Business

Lexington, KY – Sprinkler system activated for fire at ice rink

People enjoying some ice skating last night at the Lexington Ice and Recreation Center had quite the scare when a small fire started inside the building

According to the Lexington Fire Department, crews responded to the call around 9:17 p.m. Saturday.

The department says when they arrived everyone had evacuated from the building…and they were able to put out the fire with the help of the buildings sprinkler system.

The Fire Department says one girl did suffer minor injuries but was treated at the scene.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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