Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Chelsea, MA – Sprinklers help contain late night restaurant fire March 13, 2015 viking210 On Saturday, March 7, at 12:06 a.m., the fire department responded to the report of a building fire at 17 Fifth St., above the Isla Tropical Restaurant. Crews reported the sprinkler system had activated on the second floor and located the fire inside one of the residential units. Items left on top of the stove ignited and the flames quickly spread to the cabinets above. Crews extinguished the fire and remained on scene checking for extension until approximately 3:30 a.m. Damage is estimated at $30,000. No occupants were injured.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Minden, NV – Sprinklers knock down blaze at popular restaurant March 11, 2015 viking210 A kitchen fire shortly before midnight closed Katie’s Country Kitchen for the breakfast and lunch rush on Tuesday. The popular Minden restaurant inside the Carson Valley Inn reopened at 5:20 p.m. Tuesday, Marketing Director Bill Henderson said. “Our sincere thanks to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the East Fork Fire and Paramedic District who responded very quickly to the alarm,” Henderson said. East Fork Fire District personnel responded after security called 911 at 11:45 p.m. in response to a fire in the prep cook area. Deputy Chief Dave Fogerson said the fire sprinkler system extinguished the blaze. When firefighters arrived heavy smoke was still coming from the exhaust system. The restaurant was evacuated while firefighters confirmed the fire was out and had not spread into the surrounding structure. Henderson said no one was hurt in the fire and that the system functioned as designed with no major damage.
Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant Lexington, KY – 3 a.m. fire at manufacturing plant knocked down by sprinkler system March 9, 2015 viking210 Sprinklers stopped a fire from spreading at a plant in Lexington. The fire started just after 3 a.m. Monday at Interplex Plastics on Brentwood Court. Firefighters say when they arrived, the fire was already knocked down by the sprinkler system in the plant. No one was in the plant at the time of the fire. An arson investigator was called to the scene. No word yet on a possible cause.
Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant Duluth, GA – Sprinkler system extinguishes overnight fire at Hilton Garden Inn March 9, 2015 viking210 A basket of rags caught fire in the kitchen of a Gwinnett County hotel Monday morning. The hotel’s sprinkler system extinguished the flames, which broke out at around 2:30 a.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn in the 2000 block of Sugarloaf Circle. Gwinnett County Fire Lt. Jerrod Barrett said the fire started in a basket of cooking oil rags. About 60 guests and hotel staff members were briefly evacuated from the building while firefighters investigated the source of the fire. Barrett said the guests were soon able to return to their rooms. Investigators believe the fire was caused by spontaneous combustion of the rags in their plastic cart.
Apartment Building, Residential Dartmouth, NS, Canada – Overnight fire on fourth story of apartment building extinguished by sprinkler system March 8, 2015 viking210 The blaze broke out at about 3:15 a.m. on the fourth storey of the building at 51 Joseph Young Street. The Halifax fire department said the blaze was mostly extinguished by the sprinkler system. One person was treated for smoke inhalation. A Metro Transit bus was brought to the scene for displaced residents to keep warm. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Other Business St. Cloud, MN – Sprinkler system controls fire at laundry business until crews arrive March 6, 2015 viking210 The St. Cloud Fire Department responded to a fire call at Ameripride early Friday morning. A fire was found in a pile of laundry. The fire was being controlled by the fire sprinkler system when crews arrived. A fire suppression systems alerted the department just after midnight at the textile rental services and supply company at 6500 Sauk View Drive, Battalion Chief Jerry Raymond said. Crews ventilated smoke from the building and extinguished the fire. Damage is estimated to be about $2,000 for the pile of linen and the smoke that filled the building. No one was in the building at the time and there were no injuries. The cause was determined to be accidental from overheating of a pile of cloths, according to the fire department. Crews were on the scene for about an hour and a half.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Denver, CO – Sprinkler System Helps Firefighters Douse Flames at Assisted Living Center March 5, 2015 viking210 The fire broke out Tuesday night in one room at the Brookdale Senior Assisted Living Center located at Colorado Avenue and South Quebec Way in Arapahoe County. Firefighters say the building’s sprinkler system helped them get ahead of the fire. One person was taken to the hospital because she fell while waiting outside but her injuries aren’t serious. Investigators say they know the fire was electrical but haven’t pinpointed the exact source.
Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Osoyoos, BC, Canada – Fire at retirement home doused by sprinkler system March 5, 2015 viking210 Residents of an Osoyoos retirement home will begin returning to their rooms today, following their evacuation Monday night because of a fire in the laundry room. The fire was doused by the building’s sprinkler system, and fire retardant was applied by Osoyoos Fire Department members, who reacted quickly to the alarm. The blaze erupted about 9:30 p.m. at Mariposa Village, apparently because of an overheated clothes dryer on the second floor of the care facility. Acting facility manager Jesse Sales said 26 residents were taken from their rooms and moved “behind the fire walls” as soon as the alarm was sounded. They were accommodated overnight in other rooms at the seniors’ home. One resident and one staff member were taken to South Okanagan Regional Hospital in Oliver Tuesday night. They were treated and released and were back “in a couple of hours,” Sales said. “They (the fire department) got here before I did,” said Sales, “and I was here in about 15 minutes.” Will McKay, managing partner of the Baybridge-Baltic ownership group, also had high praise for the volunteer fire department. “They were Johnny on the spot. … They did a wonderful job for us,” he said. Sales said most of the residents would be back in their rooms today. For any whose rooms are not ready for re-occupancy, alternative accommodation has been arranged, he said. The care facility is home to 109 residents, plus staff.
Other - Storage / Warehouse, Storage / Warehouse Nashua, NH – Truck fire inside warehouse held in check by sprinkler system March 4, 2015 viking210 Firefighters quickly extinguished a truck fire Monday night inside a three-story warehouse on Bridge Street, which houses a truck repair shop and kitchen cabinet outlet. The building’s sprinkler system kept the fire in check. Fire crews arrived just after 10:30 PM to find a fire in the engine compartment of a plow truck parked in the rear garage area. Firefighters forced their way through double overhead doors to put out the fire. Some of the firefighting operations were delayed as crews encountered broken hydrants due to plow operations and a buried water shut off, fire officials said.
Other Business Lexington, KY – Electrical fire in parking garage activates sprinkler system; No injuries or structural damage reported March 2, 2015 viking210 The government center at 200 East Main Street in downtown Lexington was closed Monday because of an electrical fire late Sunday night in an adjoining parking garage. The parking garage sprinkler system, which was triggered by the fire, helped to contain the blaze which blaze broke out about 11:30 p.m. Sunday in some wiring inside the parking garage. Firefighters had to turn off electricity in the parking garage, which also caused parts of the government center to lose power, city officials said. With the government building closed, some city employees will not work Monday, said Susan Straub, Mayor Jim Gray’s spokeswoman. The garage is between the Kentucky Theatre and the government building. Initial indications suggest that the parking garage sustained no structural damage, Straub said. The cause remains unknown, Straub said. Earlier Monday, officials said electrical current arced, and some insulation caught fire. The fire was quickly put out once electrical power in the garage was turned off, fire officials said.
