Manufacturing, Other - Manufacturing Sprinkler system contains publishing company fire (East Vancouver, BC) March 8, 2012 viking210 Fire officials are blaming arson for a fire that damaged an East Vancouver publishing company early Wednesday morning. Sprinklers in the building contained the flames.
Retail, Shopping Mall Sprinkler System extinguishes fire inside Pottery Barn Kids at Eastview Mall (Rochester, NY) March 5, 2012 viking210 Firefighters say there was a small fire inside the store, but it was put out by the sprinkler system before firefighters arrived.
College/University (on campus), School / University Sprinkler system doused refrigerator fire at the University of Texas chemistry building (Austin, TX) March 1, 2012 viking210 Crews were called to Welch Hall on the University of Texas campus shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday. By the time they arrived, Lieutenant Jim Baker with AFD said sprinklers had already doused the flames of a refrigerator on fire. Since the refrigerator housed dangerous chemicals, the call was upgraded to a hazardous materials fire.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Sprinklers protect cafe from suspected arson (Old Orchard Beach, ME) February 29, 2012 viking210 Around 4:45am, crews were called to the Beach Street Cafe, which is part of the Waves Oceanfront Resort property, and found a fire there had just been extinguished by the sprinkler system.
Primary / Secondary School, School / University High school briefly closed due to fire, sprinkler system limits damage(Mission, BC) February 29, 2012 viking210 Investigators determined Monday morning the fire originated in a fire-rated storage container. Plastic left on top of the canister eventually caught fire and triggered the sprinkler system, which limited damage to that room.
Apartment Building, Residential Fire sprinkler helps put out apartment fire (Dallas, TX) February 27, 2012 viking210 Firefighters were called to the Carrollton Park Apartments around 1:20 Monday morning. No injuries were reported.
Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant Table and chairs catch fire at restaurant, sprinkler systemsuccessfully activates (Charleston, WV) February 27, 2012 viking210 Firefighters responded to an alarm at the Chop House Restaurant at Charleston Town Center late Sunday night, a spokesman for the Charleston Fire Department said this morning. A table and chairs had caught fire and triggered the sprinkler system, he said.
Retail, Shopping Mall Sprinkler system kept mall fire in check until firefighters arrived (Columbus. GA) February 27, 2012 viking210 Officials say the fire started in the employee area of Gymboree. They say it started when an air ventilation fan caught boxes on fire. The sprinkler system was activated.
Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse Sprinkler system helps control warehouse fire (Murray, UT) February 24, 2012 viking210 Murray firefighters are crediting a sprinkler system with preventing a late-night warehouse blaze from causing major damage. No injuries were reported.
Apartment Building, Residential Apartment meth lab fire extinguished by automatic sprinkler system (Panama City Beach, FL) February 20, 2012 viking210 An automatic sprinkler system at the Lake Town Wharf condominiums extinguished a meth lab fire.
