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Apartment Building, Residential

Salisbury, MD – Sprinkler system controls apartment fire intentionally set by tenant; No injuries reported

The Maryland State Fire Marshal says a Salisbury man has been charged with intentionally setting a fire at his apartment Friday night. 

According to the fire marshal’s office, crews with the Salisbury Fire Department responded to an automatic fire alarm call shortly before 11:30 p.m. at the Pine Bluff Village Apartments on Riverside Drive. While on their way, officials say the call was upgraded to a building fire.

Once on scene, crews says people were already evacuating. The fire was in a second floor apartment, being controlled by the building’s automatic fire sprinkler system. It took about 45 minutes to bring the fire under control.

The fire marshal’s office arrived on scene, and crews said they determined it was incendiary. Investigations determined the tenant was responsible for setting the fire in the apartment.

The Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office arrested 38-year-old Alan Jackson Banks III at a nearby convenience store. Banks was charged with first-degree arson and reckless endangerment. 

There were no reported injuries. 

Other / Not Specified, Other Business

Lee’s Summit, MO – Fire sprinklers contain fire to truck at service garage

On Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at 4:16 a.m., the Lee’s Summit Fire Department responded to 1150 SE Hamblen Road for an automatic fire alarm. When crews arrived, they found the service garage at Sutton Trucking filled with thick smoke and upgraded the incident to a structure fire.

Crews entered to the smoke filled service area and located a fire in a commercial truck.  The sprinkler system had activated over the truck and contained the fire to the vehicle. Crews completed extinguishment of the fire inside the truck and removed the smoke from the building. A search of the entire building confirmed it was unoccupied. The incident was under control by 5:09 a.m.

Fire damage was contained to the truck with smoke damage to the remainder of the service area. Closed doors kept the smoke out of the offices. The fire is believed to have been caused by an undetermined failure within the vehicle.

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Green Valley, AZ – Fire sprinklers put out restaurant fire

A small fire has closed 19th Hole Bar & Grille in Green Valley just weeks after it was reduced to takeout-only service because of coronavirus.

But owner Greg Hansen said it won’t affect Easter dinner if you planned to order from them.

The fire broke out near the back door in a pile of rags that Hansen suspects spontaneously combusted. He said surveillance video led him to that conclusion.

Green Valley Fire District firefighters were called to the restaurant in the Best Western hotel near the southeastern corner of La Canada and Esperanza at 11:46 p.m. Sunday.

A GVFD spokesman said the fire likely was put out by sprinklers; 15 firefighters responded.

Cause of the fire is under investigation, and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department sent an arson investigator, which is standard in these cases.

Hansen estimated there is about $10,000 in damage and said he’ll likely be closed a couple of weeks. No equipment was damaged, he said. But he said the restaurant will be a pickup point for Easter carryout, which will be prepared at Longhorn Grill in Amado, which he also owns. He said people can order by calling (520) 977-4645 or (520) 398-0700.

Apartment Building, Residential

Abilene, TX – Eighth-floor apartment cooking fire controlled by sprinkler system

Abilene firefighters responded Saturday to two structure fires, including one in a downtown high-rise building that activated the sprinkler system, according to news releases. 

At about 9:20 p.m., fire crews were called to The Windsor Apartment Homes in the 400 block of Pine Street. A small cooking fire in an eighth-floor apartment had triggered the apartment’s sprinkler system, the release said. 

“Once the fire extinguishment was confirmed, the fire department was able to shut off the sprinkler system to reduce the water damage,” the release said.

Water flowed down the hallway and also damaged nearby apartments, including at least one on the floor below, AFD spokeswoman Elise Roberts said.

Damages are estimated to be $5,000 due to the sprinkler activation, the release said. 

Apartment Building, Residential

Winston-Salem, NC – Sprinkler system keeps stove fire from spreading throughout apartment

Four adults and three children were displaced after an apartment fire on Wednesday night.

Firefighters arrived on the scene at 185 Willow Oaks Drive at 10:22 p.m. and had the fire under control by 10:26 p.m.

One minor injury was reported.

The Winston-Salem Fire Department said a cooking fire got out of control.

A sprinkler system and stovetop countermeasures kept the fire from spreading to other apartments.

Hotel / Restaurant, Restaurant

Sponkane Valley, WA – Sprinkler system helps put out fire that started outside of restaurant

The Longhorn BBQ restaurant in Spokane Valley was damaged in an early morning fire Monday.

The Spokane Valley Fire department responded to the scene at 2315 N. Argonne Rd. just before 4:00 a.m.

Fire crews said the exact cause of the fire is still under investigation, but firefighters have a few leads. Metal cans were found near the site of the fire, leading firefighters to believe it could have been a warming fire started by homeless people in the area. Crews said it could have also started in the heating and air conditioning unit. The fire has been put out and crews are now mopping up.

The fire started outside, on the west side of the building. It quickly spread into the second floor office space, which activated sprinklers.

E. Montgomery is closed at N. Hutchinson because of thefire but Argonne Rd. is not affected. It is unclear if the restaurants plans to open on Monday. This is the second time in recent months that Longhorn BBQ locations have suffered from fire damage. The Airway Heights location of Longhorn BBQ caught fire in August and was sparked by an accident in an electrical area behind one of the interior walls.

Manufacturing, Manufacturing Plant

Shrewsbury, MA – Fire sprinklers extinguish fire in acid room of manufacturing company

hief James Vuona reports that the Shrewsbury Fire Department responded to a fire at Supercon Inc. on the morning of March 5.

At 3:40 a.m., fire officials received a 911 call indicating there was a fire in the company’s acid room. The acid room contains open top acid tanks where coils of wire are washed as part of the company’s manufacturing process.

Upon arrival at 830 Boston Turnpike, firefighters noticed light smoke in the building’s loading dock area. The building’s fire alarm and sprinkler systems were activated.

Firefighters metered the building’s main entrance, acid room and loading dock for dangerous or explosive gases and used a pole camera to get a visual of the acid room in order to see if a fire could be located. The meter gave negative readings in all parts of the building measured, and the camera showed no visible fire.

Firefighters were then able to enter the building to investigate the acid room and confirmed that the fire had been extinguished by the sprinkler system and that there were no leaking chemicals and no risk of contamination in the room.

The State Hazmat Team was called to the scene and deemed the building clear for operations around 5:30 a.m.

“This fire was quickly extinguished with help from the building’s sprinkler system,” said Vuona. “Thankfully there was no resulting hazmat incident or chemical related fire and the situation was quickly resolved.”

An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway by the Shrewsbury Fire Department and State Fire Marshal’s Office.

Storage / Warehouse, Warehouse

Oglesby, IL – Sprinkler system keeps forklift fire from spreading through warehouse; No injuries reported

A forklift caught fire Friday morning at Advantage Logistics in Oglesby.

Fire crews were called out to the distribution center just after 2:30.  Oglesby Fire Chief Ronald Papurello says the business’ sprinkler system was activated and put out the fire.  The forklift apparently caught fire as it was being charged.

As a precaution a mutual aid request was put out to Peru, Tonica and Utica Fire Departments.  Nobody was injured.  The forklift was heavily damaged but the fire didn’t spread to anywhere else.

Apartment Building, Residential

Palatine, IL – Fire sprinklers put out apartment bathroom fire; No injuries reported

No injuries resulted from a small fire early Saturday in an apartment building on the 1100 block of North Sterling Avenue in Palatine, officials said. Firefighters called to the building at 12:40 a.m. found moderate smoke and two sprinkler heads activated in a bathroom, which extinguished the flames. The fire damage was limited to the bathroom in the unit, with moderate water damage to the apartment below.

Officials said the fire remained under investigation Monday. A damage estimate was not yet available.