Apartment Building, Residential, Residential High Rise Hoboken, NJ – Residential high-rise fire suppressed by sprinkler system December 10, 2018 viking210 One person was injured when a three-alarm fire broken out in a Hoboken apartment building Wednesday, police said. It’s not clear what caused the blaze at 2 Marine View Plaza, but two apartments were heavily damaged, according to police. The sprinkler system helped quickly knock down the fire. No one was in the apartments but at least two other residents were complaining of smoke inhalation.
Apartment Building, Residential Toms River, NJ – Sprinkler system keeps apartment fire from spreading November 26, 2018 viking210 Residents who were forced from a Toms River apartment building amid a Thanksgiving morning fire are expected to be able to go home on Monday, Toms River officials said Saturday. The fire at Highland Plaza that forced 100 residents to evacuate was caused by careless smoking, said Kevin Esposito, chief inspector with the Toms River Bureau of Fire Prevention. The resident of the apartment was treated at Community Medical Center, Toms River, for smoke inhalation, he said. The fire started before 7 a.m. on Thanksgiving and authorities were alerted by an automated alarm; fire personnel arriving at the complex at 91 Highland Parkway saw smoke coming from an apartment window. Esposito said firefighters under the command of Chief Mike Muttie from Toms River Fire Company 1 entered Tower C through a stairwell and were able to extinguish the fire without incident and extension to any other apartment. A sprinkler head outside the burning apartment activated and kept the fire from extending into the hallway, he said. The residents initially were taken to Toms River High School South with assistance from the Toms River school district, which provided buses for the evacation amid the frigid temperatures, said Jillian Messina of the Toms River Police Department. Some residents were picked up by family and others were placed in temporary housing by the building owner, she said. Paul Daley, Toms River emergency management coordinator, said it was expected most residents would be able to return to the building on Monday.
Other - Manufacturing Lodi, NJ – Fire in industrial building doused by sprinkler system November 25, 2018 viking210 Sprinklers helped douse a fire in a Lodi industrial building last Sunday night Firefighters “were met with heavy smoke and an activated sprinkler head,” the borough fire department said. Crews stretched a hose line into the building, located the source of the fire and extinguished it, the department said. No injuries were reported. Firefighters from Garfield, Saddle Brook and Wallington assisted their colleagues at the Del Glenn Avenue blaze. Their Rochelle Park and Maywood colleagues covered the borough for them. The Lodi Fire Prevention Bureau was investigating the cause.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Somers Point, NJ – Sprinkler system assist firefighters in controlling blaze at boat storage facility October 19, 2018 viking210 The fire inside the boat rack building at Waterfront Marine at the base of the Route 52 causeway Wednesday could have been much worse, Fire Chief Michael Sweeney said. Had the boats there caught fire, the melting fiberglass would have created hazardous conditions, Sweeney said. When the call came into the Fire Department at 5:34 p.m. of smoke inside the building on Goll Avenue near the bay, Sweeney called for fire crews from Scullville, Bargaintown, Ocean City and Linwood to assist and for Cardiff to provide coverage for the fire companies at the scene. The Marmora Volunteer Fire Company did both. Sweeney and other firefighters arrived within minutes. A large industrial forklift was on fire inside the building, he said. “I saw heavy black smoke coming out of the rear. The doors are down, but it’s pushing out of the rear of the building, and smoke (was) coming out of the side of the garage doors,” said Sweeney, who added there was zero visibility inside the building when he arrived. “One hose team stretched a line inside the side door, and the second crew went to the rear and used power saws to cut through the rolled-up (garage) door, and they stretched a line in through the back.” Firefighters took about 10 minutes to extinguish the forklift fire and ventilate the building, Sweeney said. An Atlantic County Emergency Services Hazmat team kept water runoff — and the mixture of leaking oil from the forklift and water from the sprinkler system — from entering the bay, Sweeney said By 8:14 p.m., only Somers Point firefighters were left. Had the boats themselves caught fire, firefighters could have been on the scene until Thursday morning, Sweeney said. No one was injured in the fire, officials said.
Restaurant Stone Harbor, NJ – Kitchen fire at Jersey Shore restaurant knocked down by sprinkler system August 21, 2018 viking210 A late night fire damaged a Japanese restaurant at the Jersey Shore. Investigators say this could have been a lot worse. The fire sprinkler activated, helping knock down a kitchen fire at Water Lily in Stone Harbor. The restaurant is located on the 9700 block of 3rd Avenue. Firefighters from several departments eventually put out the fire. The restaurant was not open when the fire started. No injuries were reported.
Restaurant Clifton, NJ – Sprinkler system hold early morning restaurant fire in check July 1, 2018 viking210 A Lexington Avenue restaurant’s sprinkler system kept an early Wednesday morning fire in check until firefighters arrived and extinguished it, officials said. Firefighters found smoke coming from Ya Hala restaurant on Lexington Avenue upon arrival at 4:39 a.m., said Deputy Chief Frank Prezioso Firefighters investigated a hissing sound at first believing it to be a gas leak, Prezioso said. The hissing was coming from the sprinkler system, he said. Sprinklers limited the fire to the kitchen area, Prezioso said. The fire took a while to extinguish as it had worked its way above the drop ceiling, Prezioso said. The deputy chief also said fire crews searched the property for possible victims but found none. The fire was out by 6:30 a.m. Paterson and Passaic, assisted.
Athletic Club/Sports Facility, Other Business Wayne, NJ – Laundry fire at 24-Hour Fitness is kept from spreading by sprinkler system April 30, 2018 viking210 A fire broke out in the laundry room of the 24-Hour Fitness on Route 23 in Wayne on Thursday morning. The two-alarm fire was contained to separate laundry baskets and was mostly kept at bay by the sprinkler system, said Wayne Fire Chief John Gabriel. “It was a very easy fire,” Gabriel said. “It was knocked down in less than five minutes.” No injuries were reported to firefighters or customers.
Apartment Building, Residential Bridgeton, NJ – Sprinkler system knocks down fire on 10th floor of city housing complex April 29, 2018 viking210 A propane tank explosion and fire last weekend on the 10th floor of a city housing authority complex forced the evacuation of residents, authorities said Friday. Battalion Chief Kevin Scarlato said firefighters responded at 6:34 p.m. Saturday to 110 East Commerce St. A fire broke out after the explosion, with visible smoke coming from the building. A second alarm was called, with the Gouldtown, Cedarville and Millville fire departments responding to assist, he said. Scarlato said the building’s fire-suppression sprinkler system activated, knocking down much of the fire. Firefighters then evacuated residents. Three apartments on the 10th floor were damaged. No cost estimate of the damage was given. Scarlato said crews were on the scene until 11:23 p.m. All residents were allowed back into their homes, except those in the affected rooms. No injuries were reported and the cause of the explosion and fire is under investigation by the city fire inspector.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University Lacey Township, NJ – Fire at middle school knocked down by sprinkler system; Terrarium possible cause April 27, 2018 viking210 Firefighters and other first responders put out a fire at Lacey Township Middle School Tuesday. Nobody was hurt, according to school officials, and police said students had not even arrived at school when the fire broke out. “The Middle School experienced an isolated small fire this morning in a second-floor classroom while the building was unoccupied activating the fire suppression system,” according to a Facebook post from the township public school district. Township police issued a statement later in the day. The fire “may have started in a terrarium within the classroom,” wrote police Capt. Patrick Ganley. Firefighters from the Forked River and Lanoka Harbor volunteer fire companies knocked down the fire, and “minimal fire and smoke damage was reported, however as a result of the sprinkler system activation, there was a significant amount of water in the classroom and the surrounding areas that needed to be cleaned,” Ganley said Staff and students from the middle school instead reported to the gymnasium at the Lacey Township High School on the same campus, according to police and school officials. Middle school students were dismissed early.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Pleasantville, NJ – Warehouse fire contained by sprinkler system; Firefighters finish the job April 26, 2018 viking210 Firefighters extinguished a fire Saturday in a commercial building in the 700 block of West Delilah Road. Firefighters were dispatched to the ABC Supply Co. for a report of activated fire and water flow alarms at 4:10 p.m. Fire crews smelled smoke, forced a door and found heavy smoke in the warehouse, Battalion Chief Scott Trythall said, and found materials inside the warehouse on fire. “The sprinkler system was activated and contained the fire until we were able to locate the seat of the fire and extinguish it all the way,” Trythall said. The incident was under control within 45 minutes, he said. The Farmington and West Atlantic City volunteer fire companies covered the Pleasantville station while the South Jersey Airport Fire Department’s Station 1 and Northfield and Absecon companies responded to the scene, Trythall said. Pleasantville police also responded and Tricare EMS provided rehab, he said. There were no injuries, Trythall said.
