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Fire at manufacturing plant halted by sprinkler system (Lititz, PA)
A fire broke out at a manufacturing plant that makes over 2,500 products, including rodent traps, on Wednesday morning. The flames began close to a piece of machinery which makes papier-mache items, and two employees attempted to put them out with a fire extinguisher. When this proved unsuccessful, the heat from the fire activated the building’s fire sprinkler, containing the blaze until fire crews arrived.
According to Lititz Fire Company Deputy Chief Mike Smith, the fire could have easily spread to other area of the building through oven ducts if the sprinkler system had not been turned on.
No injuries were reported.
Fire sprinklers put out fire at aquarium (Dubuque, IA)
Sprinkler assists fire crews in university fire (East Stroudsburg, PA)
** Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by the Pocono Record, which focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system**
Fire at administrative office controlled by sprinkler system (Lenox, MA)
Fire sprinklers douse electrical fire at casino (Charles Town, WV)
Fire at commercial business nearly put out by sprinkler system (Nazareth, PA)
Sprinkler system controls arson fire at senior apartment building (Lancaster, PA)
City firefighters responded to the three-alarm fire, which was reported at 10:25 a.m. in the three-story Apartments at Mulberry Corners building. When firefighters arrived, the door to the woman’s third-floor apartment felt hot, said Chief Tim Gregg. The woman, whose identity was not available, was alone in the apartment, Gregg said. Firefighters helped her to exit and she was taken to the hospital, to be checked for injuries. The marshal ruled the fire was “incendiary” in nature, Gregg said. The fire was contained by the sprinkler system in the apartment building, he said. The apartment did not have extensive damage.Gregg praised the sprinkler system, saying it’s the “best fire safety device there is.” One sprinkler head was able to contain the entire fire, he noted. The Apartments at Mulberry Corners is a Housing Development Corporation building that contains 25 apartments for seniors ages 62 and older.
Fire sprinklers again prove their worth in fire at assisted living center (South Bend, IN)
Residential complex fire put out with help from fire sprinkler system (Winooski, VT)
The Winooski Fire Department was called to a fire reported in a second floor unit of a condominium complex on Thursday, November 21. The resident of the unit had been smoking a cigarette, which had then started a fire on the mattress. “The sprinkler system, because it was a sprinkler building, it was able to keep the fire in check. So by the time they arrived on scene, most of the fire was out, and they used a dry chemical to extinguish the rest of the fire,” Winooski Assistant Fire Chief Erika Bailey explained. There were no injuries reported from the incident.
