On the morning of July 2nd 2019 a fire ignited in a recycling bay at CRI Environment Inc. located at 75 du Progrès in Côteau du Lac, Quebec and when the firefighters arrived at 9:00AM the fire was contained in the bay of origin by the activation of multiples sprinkler heads and was finally put out manually soon after. A total of 21 large orifice upright sprinklers fed by a dry pipe system activated and saved the building structure according to the staff.
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Onalaska, WI – Sprinkler system subdues fire that broke out inside shredder hopper; No injuries reported
Nobody was injured in a fire Monday at the Dynamic Lifecycle Innovations in rural Onalaska.
A fire broke out inside the shredder hopper about 8:30 a.m. at the company’s processing facility, N5550 Dynamic Way, according to a company spokesperson. The building was evacuated.
The company’s sprinkler system subdued the fire, and firefighters were able to contain it to the shredder hopper. There was no structural damage to the building. Firefighters from La Crosse, West Salem, the towns of Campbell and Farmington, and Brice Prairie first responders assisted at the scene.
The company, which has been in business since 2007, is an electronics recycler.
Rochester, MN – Salvation Army apartment fire put out by fire sprinklers; No injuries reported
Firefighters arrived on the scene at about 9:30 a.m. and found smoke and water on the fourth floor. They found the source of the smoke in a fourth-floor apartment where the sprinkler system extinguished a fire but flooded several neighboring units in the building.
Fire crews shut off the sprinkler, ventilated the fourth floor and spent about an hour on scene clearing water from the fourth floor.
The smoke and fire damage was limited to the fourth-floor apartment but the first through fourth floors sustained water damage.
No one was injured in the incident and no damage estimate was released.
Bennington, VT – Fire at J.C. Penny maintained by fire sprinklers; No injuries reported
Bennington Rural Fire Chief Joey Hayes confirmed his department received the call for the fire, which started at about 8:15 a.m. Saturday.
“It was a clothing rack that caught fire,” he said. Crews contained the fire within 10 minutes, and remained on scene for about another four hours. About 50 people responded.
Officials are “leaning towards” the fire being electrical, Hayes said.
Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette confirmed there were no injuries in the fire.
Besides Bennington Rural, Hayes requested crews respond from the Bennington Fire Department and North Bennington Fire Department.
“This being the holiday weekend [and] not knowing who’s around,” he said.
When crews arrived, the fire was visible from the front of the store, he said.
“By the time we got into where the fire was, the sprinkler system went off,” Hayes said. Crews used only about 100 gallons of water to put out the fire.
“The sprinkler did its job maintaining it,” he said. “We had to use very minimum water.”
The building sustained heavy smoke and water damage, but “very light” fire damage, he said.
“The smoke was throughout the whole building,” he said. “They had water damage. The sprinkler system went off. They had to get all the water cleaned up and everything.”
Hayes said the store was closed Saturday and Sunday. The store manager said on Facebook Sunday that the store remained closed while cleanup was being completed.
The fire is no longer being investigated by the fire department, Hayes said. It is not considered suspicious.
Niles, MI – Sprinkler system contains pantry fire at nursing home
Firefighters arrived to find the fire contained by a sprinkler head that was set off. No fire damage occurred.
A few residents were briefly evacuated during the fire, and one staff member who inhaled smoke and was sent to Spectrum Health — Lakeland’s hospital in Niles.
Fire chief Larry Lamb said the incident brought about two lessons.
First was the importance of properly taking care of items with oils on them. While the investigation is not yet complete, he said the department was confident that the fire started by rags that had been used to sop up oils in the kitchen.
Lamb said fires like this start when oiled rags are washed, dried and left in a compacted state, such as in a full laundry basket. The heat and the compacted nature lead to residue oil on the rags catching fire.
“If they do have to clean up those types of things, either don’t launder [the rags] or make sure that once you do launder them, they’re put in a safe place until they’re completely cool,” he said.
The second lesson Lamb thought the incident brought about was the importance of a sprinkler system. If a sprinkler head had not detected the fire, the situation could have been much worse.
“A lot of people say, ‘Well, what about the water damage?’ said Lamb, referring to discussions on sprinkler systems. “If there’s water damage, it’s only there because there would’ve been fire damage, which is much, much worse.”
Kent, WA – Fire held in check at paper recycling plant by fire sprinkler system
At 8:32 a.m. employees at IP Recycling, 1225 Sixth Ave. N., noticed fire in a paper bailer and immediately began to soak down the machine, according to a Puget Sound Fire news release.
As the fire grew, the automatic sprinkler system activated and held the fire in check. With the smoke growing in the warehouse the employees called 911 and evacuated the structure.
Puget Sound Engine 71 arrived to find smoke coming out of the main roll up door and so pulled hose lines and began to extinguish the fire. Puget Sound Ladder 74 went to the roof to make sure there was no damage above the fire.
Tukwila Fire and other Puget Sound units arrived but were not needed as the fire was out and contained to the bailer area.
The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
Bennington, NH – Sprinkler system controlled fire at Paper Mill until fire crews arrived
On scene, Monadnock Paper Mills Vice President of Human Resources Bill Peterson said the fire was caused by overheated ball bearings in a fan above one of the paper machines. The fan is above the mill’s machinery and is part of the buildings venting and cooling system.
The building is equipped with a sprinkler system, which was activated until fire crews arrived and were able to get the fire under control.
There were roughly 25 employees in the area where the fire started, Peterson said, who activated the fire protocols before evacuating with the entirety of the rest of the plant.
Peterson said the Monadnock Paper Mill’s 200 employees have multiple fire drills every year, and were able to follow those plans, and account for everyone.
“Folks got out when they were told to get out, and everything worked the way it was supposed to,” Peterson said. “This is why we do this.”
Bennington Deputy Fire Chief Keith Nason said when crews first arrived, they got the initial fire under control quickly, but then discovered the fire had spread into the ceiling, at which point he called for a second alarm.
“With an older building like this, which is very segmented, it can spread very quickly through the vent system, which it started in,” Nason said.
Fire crews remained on scene until noon, checking for fire burning in the ceiling or vents.
Peterson said he didn’t know how much damage had been caused yet, but said he had spoken with Antrim Fire Chief Marshall Gale, a former long-time employee of the plant, who knew the machinery and was assured repairs could likely be done in a few days.
“From that, we’re assuming the damage was minimal,” Peterson said. “We may have smoke damage and a whole lot of water to mop up.”
Peterson said the Paper Mill is not shut down, and that most employees would be able to return to work after the power – shut off during firefighting operations – was returned to the building. Before fire crews left the property maintenance staff had already been allowed to re-enter the building to assess the damage.
“We give our thanks to all the fire departments who showed up. It was a quick response, and very much appreciated by the 200 employees we have here,” Peterson said.
Bennington crews were assisted on the scene by fire crews from Antrim, Peterborough, Hillsborough, Hancock and Greenfield.
Middleborough, MA – Sprinkler system controls fire caused by unattended cooking
Car 91 (Shift Commander), Car 93 (Code Enforcement) and Engine 1 were dispatched from Central Fire Station and Engine 6 from South Station. Upon arrival firefighters encountered a kitchen fire in a first floor apartment that was mostly extinguished by the sprinkler system.
Firefighters extinguished the remaining fire, made sure it did not extend beyond the apartment of origin, and secured the sprinkler system keeping the damage to a minimum.
The five occupants were alerted of the fire from the alarm system and quickly evacuated.
“It appears the fire was due to unattended cooking,” said Middleborough Fire Chief Lance Benjamino. The alarm system and the sprinkler system did their job and the firefighters did a tremendous job at controlling this fire and the damag.”
Cooking fires are the leading cause of home fires and home fire injuries, the chief added, and offered a few cooking safety tips.
Meadville, PA – Fire started by students in paint mixing room quickly stopped from spreading by fire sprinklers; No injuries reported
The fire, which was reported at 8:58 a.m., was contained to a paint mixing room in the school’s auto collision technology department, according to Hasko and Crawford County 911.
“We had a little incident at the vo-tech this morning,” Hasko said. “The sprinkler system did what it was supposed to do.
No one was injured, Hasko said, and the damage, primarily caused by the water that extinguished the fire, was minimal.
Hasko described the paint mixing area where the students set the fire as a booth not quite 8-by-10 feet in area.
Firefighters checked that the fire had been completely extinguished and shut off the water supply to the sprinkler system when they arrived, according to Hasko.
Three students were involved in setting the fire, Hasko said, and they were “turned over to school officials and law enforcement to handle.”
Hasko declined to identify the students, citing their status as minors.
“They fessed up,” Hasko said of the students. “I’m sure their parents aren’t going to be happy to get a call.”
Santa Rosa, CA – Garbage fire minimized by fire sprinkler activation; No injuries reported
Fifteen firefighters and four trucks responded at about 9:45 a.m. Sunday to the apartment complex in the 1100 block of Fourth Street. Firefighters arrived to find smoke coming from an enclosed garbage room on the first floor of a three-story apartment building, firefighters said.
The flames were contained to two dumpsters inside the garbage enclosure, where most of the damage was. Several apartments suffered minor smoke damage.
Occupants of the building were evacuated for a short time while the fire was brought under control and the smoke removed from the apartments. No firefighters or apartment occupants were injured.
It took firefighters about 15 minutes to put out the fire.
A working fire sprinkler in the trash chute likely prevented flames to spread to the floor above the garbage room, firefighters said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
