Tag Archives: Night (9pm-5am)

Primary / Secondary School, School / University

Fire at high school eliminated by sprinkler system (Snow Hill, MD)

This morning at about 1 a.m., a fire at a high school brought fire crews as well as teachers and maintenance teams to its location. The sprinkler system at the school put out the fire where it began – in a closet in the science wing of the building. No one reported injured, and the cause of the fire is related to a computer cart that was charging. 

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Fire sprinklers douse suspicious fire at restaurant (Grapevine, TX)

Just before 11 p.m. on Sunday, firefighters received notification of a fire alarm activation at a restaurant. The building was full of smoke, with three separate ignition points to the fire. 

“Once the smoke was cleared, they searched the building and found nobody in there,” Grapevine Fire Department’s deputy chief, Darrell Brown said. “The sprinkler took care of the fire.”

Minimal fire damage was reported as a result of the quick elimination. The fire is under investigation, but is being called suspicious in nature. No injuries were reported.

Apartment Building, Residential

Apartment fire extinguished thanks to sprinklers (Fishers, IN)

*** FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED – NO MEDIA COVERAGE *** Fishers Fire and Emergency Services responded to a fire reported at an apartment building at 9:23 p.m. on March 1. They discovered that the fire that had begun on a third floor unit had been eliminated by a sprinkler head. The fire damage was limited to a few contents inside of a closet, and the cause of the fire is under investigation. No injuries were reported, and no residents were displaced.

Other - Retail, Retail

Sprinklers extinguish fire at Goodwill donation center (Tomball, TX)

Shortly after midnight on March 4, firefighters were called to an automatic fire alarm at a local Goodwill Donation Center. When they arrived, they found light smoke coming from one of the center’s processing workstations and a single fire sprinkler activated. Upon reviewing the surveillance footage, they discovered that a fire had begun at the workstation, with the lone sprinkler activating and putting out the flames. The fire is being ruled as accidental, and no one was injured in the incident. According to reports, the property value saved from the fire is estimated at $1.2 million.

Residential, Residential High Rise

Fire sprinklers limit fire damage in high rise fire (Mt. Prospect, IL)

Fire sprinklers extinguished a fire that began in a high rise apartment the morning of Sunday, March 2. Just before 2 a.m., fire crews responded to a fire alarm activation at the building, and when they arrived, they found that the fire, which had begun in the laundry room, had already been extinguished by the fire sprinkler in the room. Investigators believe the fire was caused by oily rags, which spontaneously combusted. There were no injuries reported.