Firefighters have put out a blaze at a building on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta.
Officials say crews found a small fire inside the roof of an apartment building on the 30 block of Peachtree Street around 6:30 Thursday morning.
They say a sprinkler system contained the fire and kept it from spreading.
No one was hurt in the fire.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
The building had an automatic fire sprinkler system installed. A single sprinkler activated when exposed to the fire, effectively extinguishing it and preventing the fire from spreading.
Firefighters ensured the fire was completely out and conducted a primary search, locating and rescuing two birds that were inside the home. A secondary search found no victims and an overhaul was completed. One adult, one dog, and two birds were displaced due to the fire; however, no one was injured in the fire.
A fire investigator was on scene and the fire was determined to be caused by cooking and found to be accidental in nature.
According to police this morning, 23- year- old Ali Alyodawi was arrested Monday and charged with operation of a drug factory, first- degree reckless endangerment and possession of a controlled substance or more than a half ounce of cannabis.
While the arrest was Monday, police did not release information about the arrest until this morning.
Alyodawi is due to appear in Danielson Superior Court Aug. 18 and was issued a $ 10,000 bond, according to local police.
Police said Alyodawi lives on the sixth floor of the 560 on Main apartment building.
Willimantic Police Lt. Matthew Solak said Alyodawi is not expected to receive any more charges at this time.
According to Windham Town Manager Jim Rivers, there are 85 units in the building.
Willimantic Fire Department Chief Marc Scrivener said the department got a call about the fire alarm at the apartment building at 10: 59 a. m. Monday.
He said the fire was extinguished by a sprinkler system.
The scene was turned over to Willimantic Police Monday afternoon, according to Solak.
The incident caused quite a scene, shutting down the road in the area of Main and Jackson streets for many hours.
In addition to police and firefighters, personnel from the human services office responded to the scene, as well as Rivers and Windham Fire Marshal/ Emergency Management Director Mike Licata.
Crews were called around midnight at Clare Terrace, located at 36th and France. Clare Terrace offers affordable housing for people living with HIV/AIDS who are experiencing poverty or homelessness.
Investigators say the fire was contained to one unit on the second floor. The cause remains under investigation.
Firefighters had to temporarily turn off gas and electricity to the building. The building had some water damage from sprinklers.
“It was isolated to a very small area within the apartment. It wasn’t like a blaze that gutted the apartment at all,” said Johnny Rios, regional property manager for Project For Pride In Living, Inc., which oversees the complex. “The fire set off the sprinklers system, and so, when our sprinkler system goes off, it floods the entire system into whatever affected area there is.”
Tenants were able to move back into their units Tuesday, except the resident of the unit where the fire started, officials said.
Madison fire officials said they responded to the 7900 block of Tree Lane around 10:15 p.m. for a water flow alarm. When crews arrived at the apartment complex, they found the fire alarm ringing and residents evacuating the 45-unit building.
Firefighters entered the building and made their way to the second floor where they found light smoke coming from one of the apartments, but they did not detect any heat or fire. Crews then discovered a sprinkler had activated in one of the bedrooms.
More firefighters were called in to help with ventilating the building and shut down the sprinklers, which were credited with stopping the fire from spreading to other units.
Two families, which included three adults and five children, were displaced by the fire. The Red Cross is providing temporary lodging, meals and other essential items while they’re displaced.
Damage to the two impacted apartments is estimated at $25,000. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Crews responded to the home at 10:30 a.m. to respond to the hazard, which ended up being a fire, according to the Fort Myers Beach Fire Department.
The home sustained minimal damage because of a Residential Fire Sprinkler System the owners installed during a home renovation a few years back, crews said.
No one was injured, and the homeowners’ pets were safely located.
According to Captain Drew Piemonte, with the Springfield Fire Department, the fire was called in at 10:45 a.m.
Piemonte tells Western Mass News the sprinkler system in the building quickly extinguished the flames.
“Sprinklers kept the fire in check,” Piemonte explained.
No injuries have been reported.
Firefighters were on scene checking for any extension of the fire to make sure there were no flare ups.
Piemonte confirms damage was contained to the room of origin…” it was a bedroom,” he noted.
The Springfield Arson And Bomb Squad has been investigating this fire.
“..(the) Squad has determined that there was two separate fires in the apartment that were intentionally set,” Piemonte told us.
The building, which was once part of the Indian Motorcycle Company, now houses apartments.
At this time no arrests have been made and the investigation continues.
No injures were reported as a result of the fire. Students and staff were briefly relocated to C.W. Avery Family YMCA and at the discretion of school personnel, the students were reunited with their parents. There was a significant amount of water and smoke damager to the school according the Police , which has resulted in its closing. It will remain closed until further notice. Additionally, students will be in remote learning until further notice.
Criminal charges are pending as the investigation is still active.
After dispatchers were alerted at 9:59 a.m., the first unit of Frisco firefighters arrived at 10:04 a.m. at a FISD building on the 7200 block of Hickory Street. The initial response involved one engine, one ladder truck and one battalion chief, a press release stated, due to the response involving an alarm investigation. During the response, occupants found smoke in the building, the press release stated.
“Additional units were requested as a structure fire was declared,” the department stated. “The fire was found in a closet, was kept small and was not allowed to grow as rapidly due to a sprinkler fire that activated when the fire began. A total of 12 units and 34 personnel responded.”
The department reported no civilian or firefighter injuries.
Firefighters responded to a call around 10:16 a.m. Friday at Midwest Fiber Recycling located at 4000 E. Steelton Ave. According to Terre Haute Fire Chief Bill Berry, the trailer was a total loss.
The fire caused a sprinkler system inside the building to go off; however, Berry said the recycling center was not damaged. No was hurt during the incident.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
