Apartment Building, Residential Lexington, KY – Sprinkler system confines apartment fire to attic; No injuries August 25, 2015 viking210 A passerby spotted smoke coming from the roof of a building at the Forest Creek Apartments on Appian Crossing Way and called 911 around 6:30 a.m. Everybody made it out of the building safely. Firefighters say the fire started in the attic and sprinklers confined it there until crews arrived. The fire did not cause much structural damage, but some of the residents’ belongings did sustain some water damage. Officials say 12 families live in the building, but the fire only impacted two. Firefighters say it appears the fire was likely caused by an electrical problem. They say the sprinkler system likely saved the building.
Other / Not Specified, Other Business Lexington, KY – Truck fire inside FedEx facility suppressed by sprinkler system August 1, 2015 viking210 FedEx was forced to suspend operations after a panel truck caught on fire inside a building. Lexington Fire officials say it happened around 4 p.m. Wednesday. The panel truck was inside the building when it caught fire to the engine and set the sprinkler system off. When firefighters arrived the sprinklers had contained the flames. The truck is totaled and FedEx was forced to cease operation until the scene is cleared. The truck was empty, except for a couple of boxes that didn’t catch fire. No one was hurt. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Fire officials are ventilating the building to get the smoke out. The truck will be towed.
Other Business, Recycling / Waste Facility Louisville, KY – Sprinkler system credited with controlling fire at recycling plant July 16, 2015 viking210 A three-alarm fire at a recycling center in Louisville is now under control. Employees called 911 just before 7 p.m. Wednesday, after failing to extinguish a fire at Recycling Management Resources, or RMR, in the 500 block of Industry Road. The sprinkler system is being credited for making what could have been a potentially bad situation controllable. Officials said that the fire could have been much worse considering the large inventory of cardboard and other paper products inside. At the height of the blaze, more than 80 firefighters were working to put it out. There were 18 employees in the building at the time of the fire, but no injuries have been reported. The fire is under control, but fire crews said they will stay on the scene throughout the night.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential High Rise Pikeville, KY – Fire at residential high-rise for elderly and disabled extinguished by sprinkler system July 3, 2015 viking210 A sprinkler system quickly extinguished a fire at the Myers Towers apartments on the 700 block of Hambley Boulevard. The fire started sometime around 1:30 a.m. Friday on the 9th floor of the apartment building. When the Pikeville Fire Department arrived, they found a small fire in one of the apartments but the sprinkler system had knocked it down. PFD and Pikeville Police evacuated the apartment building, which houses the elderly and disabled in 200 units, while crews searched for the fire. There were no injuries and the cause of the fire is under investigation
Food Processing, Manufacturing Simpsonville, KY – Fire at Purnell Sausage factory contained by sprinkler system May 11, 2015 viking210 No one was hurt when a fire broke out at a sausage factory in Simpsonville on Saturday. Shelby County dispatchers confirmed the fire started just after 6 p.m. at their building in the 6900 block of Shelbyville Road in Simpsonville, Kentucky. Two fire departments responded to fight the flames. The fire reportedly happened in the freezer room. Employees say the sprinkler system kept the fire contained. No injuries have been reported at this time.
Office Building, Other Business Covington, KY – Sprinklers help save Jackson Hewitt building, according to Fire Chief April 4, 2015 viking210 Covington Fire Department investigated the cause of a blaze that was reported at about 9 p.m. Thursday. Covington Fire Chief Dan Mathew said members of his department were working with Covington Police detectives in an effort to determine how the fire started. He said there was more smoke than fire and that the sprinkler system saved the building. The fire started in the Jackson Hewitt office, which is in the same building with Sims, according to Matt Day, who manages the store, which has been owned since 2011 by Eagle Financial Services. Day said the sprinkler system kicked on in the Jackson Hewitt building and that water from the sprinklers seeped into the basement showroom of Sims. He said he did not think there was any fire damage inside of Sims, which occupies three floors of the building.
Office Building, Other Business Louisville, KY – Sprinklers help minimize damage in fire at GE facility March 23, 2015 viking210 No one was injured in a fire at GE Appliances, located in the 4000 block of Buechel Bank Road. The fire started at 8 p.m. Firefighters said the sprinkler system activated. The fire was in the Global Customer Center, it’s also known as Building 35, and was contained in 25 minutes. The Okolona fire chief said no production was impacted and damage was in a small area of the GE Appliance Park building. The Global Customer Center houses research and technology and also serves as a place for big GE customers to view the latest appliances in a showroom. Four fire departments responded to the fire. They include: Okolona, Buechel, Camp Taylor and Highview.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Lexington, KY – 3 a.m. fire at manufacturing plant knocked down by sprinkler system March 9, 2015 viking210 Sprinklers stopped a fire from spreading at a plant in Lexington. The fire started just after 3 a.m. Monday at Interplex Plastics on Brentwood Court. Firefighters say when they arrived, the fire was already knocked down by the sprinkler system in the plant. No one was in the plant at the time of the fire. An arson investigator was called to the scene. No word yet on a possible cause.
Other Business Lexington, KY – Electrical fire in parking garage activates sprinkler system; No injuries or structural damage reported March 2, 2015 viking210 The government center at 200 East Main Street in downtown Lexington was closed Monday because of an electrical fire late Sunday night in an adjoining parking garage. The parking garage sprinkler system, which was triggered by the fire, helped to contain the blaze which blaze broke out about 11:30 p.m. Sunday in some wiring inside the parking garage. Firefighters had to turn off electricity in the parking garage, which also caused parts of the government center to lose power, city officials said. With the government building closed, some city employees will not work Monday, said Susan Straub, Mayor Jim Gray’s spokeswoman. The garage is between the Kentucky Theatre and the government building. Initial indications suggest that the parking garage sustained no structural damage, Straub said. The cause remains unknown, Straub said. Earlier Monday, officials said electrical current arced, and some insulation caught fire. The fire was quickly put out once electrical power in the garage was turned off, fire officials said.
Apartment Building, Residential Corbin, KY – Apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system December 24, 2014 viking210 Approximately 30 residents at a downtown Corbin apartment building were forced to evacuate the building just before Midnight Tuesday when a fire was sparked in a storage room. Corbin firefighters were called to Cooper Health Apartments at the intersection of Main and Gordon streets when a fire alarm was activated. Battalion Chief Larry Jones stated the fire was sparked in a small storage room off of the main office on the first floor by some type of electrical malfunction. Corbin Fire Chief Barry McDonald said a sprinkler head broke off sending water pouring onto the fire, extinguishing it. The sprinkler system had to be shut down because of the broken sprinkler head. With the system down, maintenance personnel had to establish a fire watch until it could be repaired.
