Tag Archives: Night (9pm-5am)

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Sprinklers make the difference in a suspicious restaurant fire (Eugene, OR)

August 29, 2012 viking210

A recycling bin at a downtown restaurant caught fire Wednesday morning, one of two fires overnight that firefighters are calling “suspicious.” The fire started in the cardboard bin and burned up onto a beam on the building. Firefighters said sprinklers activated, protecting the building.

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Sprinkler system suppresses fire at restaurant (Rapid City, SD)

August 28, 2012 viking210

A fire had started outside the front doors in a cigarette receptacle and spread up the wall and inside the building, according to the news release. Two sprinkler heads were activated and able to keep the fire in check until the fire department arrived and put the fire out.

Apartment Building, Residential

Late night apartment fire extinguished by sprinkler system (Tucson, AZ)

August 27, 2012 viking210

Firefighters entered the apartment to find the fire had already been extinguished by a single sprinkler head. The initial cause of the fire was a pan of oil left unattended on the stove.  Due to the quickness of the alarm sounding and the efficiency of the sprinkler system, damage was kept to a minimum, and there were no injuries to report.

Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse

Sprinkler system contains warehouse fire (New Britain, CT)

August 24, 2012 viking210

Firefighters arrived at the 50,000-square-foot building after the fire alarm went off at 3:57 a.m. to find the sprinkler system had kicked on, Acting Deputy Chief Capt. Paul Walsh said.  “It took us a few minutes to find it, but we found a car on fire in an inside dock. The sprinkler system pretty much handled it and we were able to quickly put it out.”

Apartment Building, Residential

Fire sprinklers prove effectiveness in apartment complex fire (Vancouver, WA)

August 21, 2012 viking210

Firefighters say a sprinkler system saved an apartment complex from what could have been an overnight fire.
They arrived and found a plastic box and a cardboard box were left on a stove with a lit burner, said Kevin Stromberg, spokesman for the Vancouver Fire Department. The boxes caught fire and activated the sprinkler system. The residents were not home at the time.  The fire could have easily affected multiple families, especially early in the morning, he said.

Other / Not Specified, Other Business

Sprinklers control fire at bowling alley (Tallahassee, FL)

August 21, 2012 viking210

Firefighters forced entry into the rear of the building and found a small fire burning inside a clothes dryer, as well as a sprinkler head flowing water above the dryer.  Firefighters quickly extinguished what remained of the fire burning inside the dryer. Automatic sprinkler systems like the one in use at Capital Lanes are designed to control or suppress a fire during its early stages, greatly reducing the loss of property and possibly life.

Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential

Sprinkler system contains fire at senior apartment complex (Las Vegas, NV)

August 21, 2012 viking210

Firefighters rescued a woman early Tuesday morning after her eastern valley apartment unit caught fire.  Officials said a sprinkler in her kitchen helped contain the fire and may have saved the woman’s life.

Manufacturing, Paper Mill / Saw Mill

Fire controlled by sprinkler system at cedar remanufacture (Langley, BC)

August 16, 2012 viking210

Ember smoldered and ignited some sawdust near a woodworking machine, which lit some nearby wood scraps, and finally set fire to a lift of lumber.  That caused a sprinkler head directly above the blaze to activate.  “The sprinkler system controlled the fire,” assistant fire chief Bruce Ferguson.

Hotel / Motel, Hotel / Restaurant

Hotel utility room fire contained by sprinkler system (West Yellowstone, MT)

August 9, 2012 viking210

“A water heater was the cause of the fire,” HBFD Assistant Fire Chief Shane Grube said. The pan on the bottom of a water heater in the hotel’s utility room got too close to the floor, which caused the fire. “The sprinklers began to discharge in the utility room and after some investigating, we found the burn pattern was underneath the water heater,” Waldron said. “The floor was burned completely down through. And it was the sprinkler system that really had done its job,” Grube said.

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Fire extinguished by sprinkler system at concrete plant (DeKalb, IL)

August 7, 2012 viking210

Firefighters found smoke coming from the building and discovered that the building’s sprinkler system had put out the fire, which originated at the top of a product-mixing tank. No one was injured.