Tag Archives: Morning (7am-12pm)

Hospital/Care Facility, Hospital/Medical Clinic

Single fire sprinkler and quick acting staff save lives (North Bend, WA)

A fire occurred in a Mount Si Transitional Health Center laundry room dryer. A single sprinkler head activated which in turn activated the fire alarm system. The fire alarm system notified the fire department and alerted staff and residents to the fire. Staff acted quickly and evacuated the residents to a safe area in another smoke compartment of the building. The fire department arrived and finished extinguishing the fire and ventilated smoke from the building.

The fire and life safety system worked as designed and contained the fire to the room of origin. There was minimal damage to the dryers and laundry area.

Apartment Building, Residential

Apartment kitchen fire quickly extinguished with help from sprinkler system (Woodridge, IL)

No injuries were reported in a Sunday morning fire that apparently began on a stove and left three units uninhabitable in a Woodridge apartment building, authorities said. They said a small kitchen fire had triggered the sprinkler system.

The two residents living in the unit where the fire started were taken to safety, authorities said, and the fire was quickly extinguished.