An area of fire was discovered that had been mostly extinguished by the fire sprinkler system. The fire damage was mostly contained to the contents and an interior wall of the business. According to officials, the fire cause is accidental and no injuries were reported.
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Savannah, GA – Sprinkler system activated for overnight kitchen fire at restaurant
The Savannah Fire Department (SFD) responded to a kitchen fire at a local restaurant overnight.
SFD says the fire happened around 3:30 a.m. Thursday in the 200 block of Stephenson.
Officials say a fire in the kitchen of Ole Times Country Buffet set off the fire alarm and the building’s sprinkler system.
Crews arrived to fully extinguish the fire and ventilate the building.
SFD says the business was closed and no one was in the building at the time of the fire.
WSAV is told the Chatham County Environmental Health inspected the restaurant Thursday. Ole Times Country Buffet is now back open for business.
The cause of the fire has not been released at this time.
Wylie, TX – Fire at apartment building contained by sprinkler system
An apartment building in Wylie is damaged after a fire on Wednesday morning.
According to the Wylie Fire Department, the incident occurred at 1315 West Brown Street at approximately 4:10 a.m.
Officials said a three story apartment building had smoke showing on the third floor.
The sprinkler system was able to suppress the blaze before firefighters could arrive on the scene, officials said.
According to officials, cats were evacuated from the third floor unit, and the second floor unit sustained water damage.
Officials said the attic and roof were unharmed.
Winnipeg, MB, Canada – Kitchen fire at apartment building quickly extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries reported
Fire crews had a busy Sunday, as they battled three different blazes in 10 hours across Winnipeg.
Just after midnight, a vacant home on Arlington Avenue caught fire. The same house was also the scene of a fire about a year ago.
Then at about 2:30 yesterday morning, a three storey apartment building on De La Seigneurie Boulevard was evacuated when the building’s sprinkler system extinguished a kitchen fire.
The third fire happened around 10 a.m. at a commercial building on Gateway Road. It was limited to a small room and only took a few minutes to put out.
No one was hurt in any of the incidents and all of them are under investigation.
Woodbridge, NJ – Sprinkler system helps contain fire at mall; No injuries reported
All mall employees and everyone shopping inside was told to leave the mall immediately.
The fire was contained between the ansel system, the sprinkler system and a fire extinguisher; it was quickly extinguished, according to Amy Bellisano, general manager of the Woodbridge Center Mall.
Nobody was injured. All businesses inside the mall, except Salad Bistro, opened as normal on Wednesday. All the water was also cleaned up.
Louisville, KY – Fire at walmart extinguished by sprinkler system before fire crews arrived; No injuries reported
PRP Fire chief Doug Recktenwald said the sprinkler system put out the fire before the fire department arrived at the store on Dixie Highway, which is near Valley High School.
As heavy smoke filled the store and alarms sounded, everyone was safely evacuated from the store, according to a MetroSafe supervisor. No one was injured in the fire.
A MetroSafe supervisor said they received a report of a fire inside the store in the bedding section.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation by fire investigators. One Walmart shopper told WDRB News they saw smoke coming from the ceiling.
Napa, CA – Garage fire contained by sprinkler system
Firefighting crews were dispatched at 4:37 a.m. to Lugo Lane near Saratoga Avenue, where they found smoke filling a garage that had been converted to living space, according to Napa Fire spokesperson Matt Colburn. A firefighter used a circular saw to cut a hole in the garage door, which was disabled and could not be rolled open.
A sprinkler system contained the flames to the garage, and firefighters stayed at the scene for about 2 ½ hours putting out remaining hot spots in walls, Colburn said.
A person in the garage area heard an alarm sound and notified other residents, and all were able to leave the home uninjured, according to Colburn.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Monday’s residential fire was the second in the city to be contained by sprinklers in less than 24 hours, according to Napa Fire. Shortly after 7 a.m. Sunday, a sprinkler system helped put out flames inside an apartment at a senior housing center in the 1400 block of Redwood Road, although the resulting water flow forced about 10 other units to be vacated.
Leavenworth, VA – Arson fire in apartment building extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries reported
The fire was reported at 12:20 p.m. Wednesday in the 3900 block of Franklin Avenue. No injuries were reported.
Leavenworth Fire Marshal Andy Brooks said someone apparently broke into a vacant second-floor apartment and placed miscellaneous items including mail and a DVD player on top of an electric stove. The person then turned on the burners.
The resulting fire activated the sprinkler system in the apartment, which put out the fire.
“The sprinkler basically ran until we shut it off,” Brooks said.
He said water from the sprinkler system flooded the apartment and a foyer area located on a lower level.
Brooks said electricity had to be shut off at the building.
“Water was flowing where we couldn’t see it,” he said. “We didn’t want to have any electrical hazards.”
He said the sprinkler system also was shut down to stop it from running and allow it to be drained out.
Brooks said about 12 tenants were displaced. He said the American Red Cross offered assistance to the people who were affected.
Angie Springs, regional communications manager for the American Red Cross, said in an email that the response team assisted the people who were impacted to address their immediate needs.
Brooks said a suspect has not been identified in the arson investigation.
Riverside, CA – Sprinkler system activated for arson fire at hotel; No injuries reported
A man was taken into custody for allegedly setting fire to his room at a hotel in Riverside.
Firefighters were sent to the Hyatt Place hotel at 3500 Market St. at 10:09 p.m. Monday regarding “reports of (an) occupant in a hotel room trying to burn down his room he was occupying,” the City of Riverside Fire Department said in a statement.
“Firefighters arrived to find the hotel being evacuated, light smoke on the second floor and the hotel room door locked with a fire sprinkler activation,” the statement said.
“The environment was safe for RPD officers to assist firefighters with opening the door and securing the hotel room. Firefighters discovered a small fire in the hotel room extinguished by the fire sprinkler system.”
The suspect was not in the room but was found in the building and detained by Riverside police officers. His name was not immediately released.
Firefighters assisted hotel staff with water removal from several hotel rooms and a hallway. Four hotel rooms were affected by the water from the fire sprinkler system. Damage was estimated at $100,000, the fire department reported.
About 50 occupants were evacuated from the structure but were allowed to re-occupy their rooms by about 11 p.m., the fire department reported. Hotel management accommodated occupants who were displaced by the water damage to other unoccupied hotel rooms.
City of Riverside Fire Department Arson Investigators responded to the scene and working with RPD conducted an investigation that is still ongoing.
There were no injuries.
Wichita Falls, TX – Sprinkler system activated for fire at apartment complex
According to Wichita Falls Fire Depart assistant fire marshal Jared Burchett:
The alarm at Mustang Village, 5005 Lake Park Drive, came in shortly before 1:30 a.m. Firefighters received a report multiple people were trapped with some jumping from windows to escape.
The first fire trucks on the scene reported smoke coming from one of the buildings. Firefighters ran hoses and began rescuing multiple people from the burning structure.
It was discovered most of the fire damage was to an exterior potion of a storage area located in a corridor of a stairwell. The fire appeared to have spread along some plastic siding, through the stairwell and up to the third floor. Burchett said residents attempted to put the fire out with fire extinguishers and the building’s sprinkler system was activated.
AMR medics evacuated multiple people at the scene, but no one was transported to the hospital. A man and woman were seen being treated for what appeared to be smoke inhalation.
The American Red Cross was called to assist 13 people affected by the fire.
