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Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Sunrise Beach, MO – Fire at popular Lake of the Ozarks restaurant limited by sprinkler system

Cannon Smoked Saloon caught fire and suffered smoke damage on Labor Day morning. The fire is not suspicious, according to Sunrise Beach Assistant Fire Chief Jeremy Criner.

Cannon Smoked Saloon owner Ron Duggan is already coordinating restoration and hopes the restaurant will be open within three to four weeks. Duggan, while waiting for the official investigation to conclude, is confident a cigarette butt was to blame for the blaze.

“We have cans outside for people to extinguish cigarette butts, but apparently someone used one of our barrel flower pots in front,” Duggan said. The cigarette likely smoldered overnight and caught the front of the building on fire sometime in the early morning.

“The area of the fire origin was in a planter in front of the building,” Asst. Chief Criner said. “But, we have not yet determined the exact ignition source, although we are leaning towards a cigarette butt. We have, however, determined there were no electrical issues in that portion of the outside of the building.”

The Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District received a 911 call from a passerby just after 7 a.m. Firefighters responded immediately bringing the fire under control within 10 minutes.

During the overhaul, firefighters found the fire extended into the attic. “Fortunately for us and the owners, Ron and Nichole Duggan, there were fire sprinklers in the attic that were activated and they put out the attic fire,” Assistant Fire Chief Criner said. “This is a shining example of what a fire suppression system can do as far as the ability to quickly extinguish fire. Had there not been fire sprinklers in the attic, the damage would have been much more extensive. Anytime you have sprinkler system in any building, whether it is residential or commercial, the ability to quickly suppress the fire brings huge benefits for all the occupants that could potentially be harmed.”

Once firefighters determined the fire was extinguished, they shut down the sprinkler system to eliminate further water damage. Most of the fire damage was to the exterior front side of the building and inside the attic. There was also water and smoke damage throughout the building.

This is the second time a restaurant of the same name has caught fire. In 2011, the Duggans lost the first Cannon Smoked Saloon in an accidental fire, along with many family antiques holding significant sentimental and monetary value. The restaurant, then located on Highway F in Sunrise Beach, was a total loss. Cannon Smoked quickly re-opened at the Indian Rock Golf Course while acquiring and remodeling the current building for a permanent home at the intersection of Highway 5 and Lake Road 5-39.

Apartment Building, Residential

Watertown, NY – Sprinkler contain apartment fire while firefighters battle series of arson fires

… The car fires in the city were reported as firefighters worked at 308 Creekwood Drive,  Watertown. Crews were dispatched about 12:35 a.m. Saturday as flames shot from the building’s rear, which sustained major damage.

“The whole backyard was lit up,” said Hamilton A. Hewitt, who lives next door to the building’s apartment 6, where the fire began on a back patio and which sustained the most damage.

Nobody was injured in the apartment fire. Mr. Hewitt said several neighbors were checking

doors to ensure people had left the building and helped an elderly woman get out in time. Brittany A. Brady-Davis, who lived across the street, said she was initially worried about the children inside.

“It’s scary having it that close,” she said. At the scene, Battalion Chief Matthew R. Timerman said the building’s sprinkler system and firewalls prevented the damage from spreading to other portions of the building. 

“Without them, we lose at least three apartments, if not the whole building,” he said.

Fort Drum fire crews also aided at the apartment scene. Chief Herman’s statement Saturday about the fire said the cause is currently listed as undetermined.

Nobody was injured in the three vehicle fires. The city fire department asked that those with information about the vehicle fires contact them at 315-782-3211 or city police at 782-2233.

Other - Hospital/Medical

Henrico, VA – Overnight arson fire “mostly extinguished” by sprinkler system

A woman has been charged with arson after crews extinguished a fire at a Henrico doctor’s office Tuesday morning.

Crews responded to 10200 Three Chopt Road for a fire alarm at 3:03 a.m. Tuesday. First arriving units reported smoke coming from the front of the structure upon arrival. Inside the office, fire crews found fire that had been mostly extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system. The sprinklers kept the fire minimized and the fire was marked under control at 3:26 a.m.

While checking the property, officers on scene located a window where entry was made into the building. Police stopped an SUV leaving the scene of the incident and identified the operator as 46-year-old Deana Annette Clements of Crozier, Virginia. Officers say they found evidence inside the vehicle that implicated Clements in the burglary and arson.

After a joint investigation between the Henrico County Police Division and the Henrico County Division of Fire, Clements was charged with trespassing, burglary, possession of burglary tools, vandalism and arson.

There was minor smoke, water, and fire damage done to the building. The business was not occupied at the time of the fire and there were no injuries.

 

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant

Norfolk, VA – Overnight fire at Residence Inn controlled by sprinkler system

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Guests at a Norfolk motel were forced from their rooms overnight because of fire. Crews were called to the Residence Inn at 227 W. Brambleton Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. Authorities say there was fire in a laundry cart on the third floor. The sprinkler system had gone off before firefighters arrived. Some guests on the second and third floors were relocated to other rooms.

Apartment Building, Residential, Residential High Rise

Waipahu, HI – Kitchen fire in high-rise apartment building extinguished by sprinkler

Unattended food on a stove caused the evacuation of the high-rise building Tuesday night.  The fire was reported at 9:36 p.m. at the Plantation Town Apartments located at 94-979 Kauolu Place.

Seven fire companies staffed with 23 personnel arrived at 9:42 p.m. to find residents leaving the 12-story apartment building. Firefighters discovered the kitchen fire had been extinguished by an activated fire sprinkler.  The activated sprinkler system caused significant flooding to ten additional units.

Paramedics treated a resident injured evacuating the building and took the resident to the hospital.  The fire was isolated to the kitchen area of a fourth floor unit.  Damage is estimated at $5,000 to the structure and $2,000 to its contents.

The water damage had not been evaluated Tuesday night.  No other injuries were reported.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Springfield, VT – Overnight fire at senior housing building contained to one unit by sprinkler system

Two residents of a senior housing building were taken to Springfield Hospital early Friday morning after a fire broke out in a fourth-floor apartment.

The resident of the fourth floor apartment in the Huber Building who was injured is expected to be okay, according to Bill Morlock, the executive director of the Springfield Housing Authority, which owns the senior housing project.

He said that while the building’s sprinkler system contained the fire to the woman’s apartment, there was extensive water damage to the building and that 12 apartments on the north side of the building were affected.

Springfield Fire Chief Russell Thompson said that two other residents of the building needed medical attention as they were being evacuated, and one of those residents was transported to Springfield Hospital, where the apartment resident was also taken.

Neither the fire chief nor Morlock said they had direct information on the condition of the residents.

Thompson said that residents were evacuated and sheltered at the nearby Congregational Church, and that the Red Cross responded to help the residents.

Morlock said Friday morning that preliminary investigation by the Vermont state fire marshal’s office indicated that the resident fell asleep while smoking.

“It’s our understanding that she is OK,” said Morlock.

He said the residents in those apartments were currently staying with friends and family, and that a cleaning service had been brought in Friday morning to start cleaning up the water.

He said that electricity was turned off in the north side of the building, and that people would not be allowed back to their apartments until the building was inspected. Additionally, the elevator in the building was also turned out, pending an inspection.

Springfield firefighters responded to the alarm around midnight, and Morlock said that the fire department called him shorty before 1 a.m.

He said the fire department had evacuated all 60 apartments in the building until they were sure that the fire was contained, and he said the residents were out of their homes until about 3 a.m., while the air quality in the building was checked.

“The building suffered considerable water damage that resulted in securing floors one to four on the north side of the structure,” the fire chief said.

 

He said there was “heavy smoke” on fourth floor of the building.

 

He said many area fire departments and ambulances responded to the 12::20 a.m. fire alarm to assist Springfield.

Apartment Building, Residential

Tulsa, OK – Sprinklers quickly extinguish sixth floor apartment fire

The 420 Mayo Building in downtown Tulsa was evacuated after a fire on the sixth floor. The sprinkler system quickly put the fire out – but caused water damage on that floor and the two below.

The small fire broke out before 11 p.m. Saturday at the Mayo 420 Building, an apartment building at 420 South Main, according to Captain Justin Banks of the Tulsa Fire Department. It was a kitchen fire caused by something left on the stove, according to TFD.

Water was flooding the floors when crews arrived.

“We’ve got a lot of water running down the elevator shafts right now and a lot of water running down the stairs too,” he said.

Banks said the sprinkler system kept the fire from spreading, but left a significant amount of water to push from the building. 

“You have to get in front of quickly,” he said. 

“It’s got all the beauty of the old, but it’s got all the technology of the new,” he said of the apartment building. “Thankfully it’s just an issue of water damage as opposed to an extensive fire.”

Residents – many with their pets – stood outside the downtown residential complex as firefighters responded. Banks said his crews were helping residents whose apartments were flooded.

“I know if this was my home, I would want to expect this kind of service from my fire department,” he said. “These people shouldn’t expect anything less. We’re there to serve them and try to do everything we can to get them back to at least as close to as comfortable state in their own home as we can.”

Banks said most of the residents would be able to return overnight.

There were no injuries.

Restoration crews are on scene for the clean up Sunday. 

Other - Retail, Retail

Pigeon Forge, TN – Sprinklers help contain overnight fire at popular retail store

A fire at popular Pigeon Forge western store Stages West early Thursday morning left the building and its roof “structurally weakened” but still intact, said Pigeon Forge Fire Department Capt. Erik Preske.

Firefighters were called to the store, 2765 Parkway, around 4:09 a.m., and the fire was out “right at dawn,” Preske said. Gatlinburg, Sevierville, Sevier County and Walden’s Creek volunteer fire departments assisted Pigeon Forge, he said.

Preske said the store’s sprinkler system “absolutely” played a part in containing the blaze. Preske said there is extensive smoke and water damage to the building.

The cause of the fire is unknown; investigators were still on the scene late Thursday morning, he said.

Store owner Marlene Houser said the store will remain closed “until we are able to assess the full extent of the damage.”

“We are still waiting to hear about what caused this event,” she said. “No one was injured, and for that, we are thankful.”

According to its Facebook page, the store is family owned and has been selling western apparel since 1975.

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Amherst, NY – Sprinkler system aids firefighters in fire at Subway restaurant in shopping plaza

No one was injured in a fire that broke out inside of the Subway restaurant in at the corner of Maple Road and North Forest Thursday morning.

Getzville Fire Company Chief Scott Preston said firefighters were alerted to the fire around 1 a.m. from both a Twin City Ambulance supervisor and an automatic fire alarm at PizzaWorks two doors down. Smoke filled a few stores at the Maple Forest Plaza and firefighters didn’t initially know where the fire was located.

The fire was found at the Subway restaurant by a police officer. Fire crews made entry and fought back flames near the food preparation area. They were aided by the restaurant’s sprinkler system.  Thanks to the quick response of firefighters and the sprinkler system, the fire did not spread to other businesses in the plaza.  No one was hurt.

Hospital/Care Facility, Residential

New Brighton, PA – Sprinkler system douses fire at residential facility for the physically and developmentally challenged

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About 50 residents were evacuated from their rooms Monday night after an electrical fire in a residence wing of McGuire Memorial Home. The fire broke out around 11 p.m. in a laundry room at the home, 2119 Mercer Road, Daugherty Township, according to Daugherty Township Fire Chief Brad Stone. An electrical short in a window fan sparked the fire, which Stone said was extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system before firefighters arrived.

Because of smoke in the area, residents of one apartment wing were evacuated to another part of the building but returned to their homes about an hour later. No one was injured. Firefighters from Daugherty, Pulaski and North Sewickley townships and New Brighton responded to the fire call.

McGuire Memorial is a ministry of the Felician Sisters of North America and the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese. It provides services for people with mental and physical disabilities and for their families and caregivers.