Authorities say a fire at a student living apartment complex began in a dryer.
Greenville Fire/ Rescue says the fire broke out at The Landing apartments just after 8 p.m. Monday night.
They say the sprinkler system helped reduce the amount of damage, but people in at least two apartment units are displaced.
No injuries were reported.
The Providence Fire Department responded to Bissell Street around 10:15 p.m. for a report of a small mattress fire on the second floor.
Upon arrival, crews said the sprinkler system in the apartment helped to take down much of the fire.
Deputy Chief Mahoney said two units out of about twelve are inhabitable due to water damage.
One man was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Crews stayed on scene until about 12 a.m. investigating.
Palmer’s Deli on Ingersoll Avenue is closed Thursday following an evening fire.
According to officials, calls came in shortly after 10:30 p.m. when people passing by saw the alarms going off.
The small fire was contained by a single sprinkler. Fire officials are investigating what caused a small fire Wednesday night
At 3:47 a.m. Thursday morning, firefighters responded to Manatee Elementary School, 1609 Sixth Ave. E and worked to extinguish a fire that was determined to be electrical in nature.
According to the Bradenton Fire Department, firefighters arrived to find no visible flames, but after going into the school they detected smoke. Firefighters saw the school’s sprinkler system had been activated in the school office area where heavy smoke was detected.
Using thermal imaging, firefighters were able to determine the fire started from electrical wiring and the sprinkler system had already put out the flames.
An apartment fire in downtown Aurora caused $35,000 worth of damage early Sunday morning.
Aurora firefighters responded to a fire alarm in an apartment building around 1:30 a.m. on the 100 block of East Downer Place, fire officials said in a news release.
Firefighters saw smoke on the upper floors and located the source in an apartment on the second floor where a sprinkler head activated and extinguished a fire in the living room area, officials said.
The fire was contained to the apartment but adjacent units sustained water damage. The resident living in the apartment was displaced and assisted by victim services to find temporary housing.
Once on the scene, firefighters found heavy smoke conditions in the building and sprinkler activation inside the restaurant.
After forcing their way into the restaurant, crews were able to douse the flames in the kitchen area and return to the station by 5:30 a.m.
The building received heavy smoke and water damage.
No word on when the restaurant will be able to reopen.
Firefighters responded around 4:30 a.m. to the apartment complex in the 7100 block of New Laredo Highway after receiving reports of a ringing alarm.
Firefighters said it appears someone set fire to a Halloween decoration hanging on the door of a third-floor apartment.
Authorities say the fire never went beyond the door, but it did set off the sprinkler system and the building alarm, alerting residents.
The sprinkler system dumped water onto the concrete landing outside the apartments but very little got inside anyone’s home, firefighters said.
There were no reported injuries.
When fire crews got to the scene and found a dryer on fire in a fifth-floor apartment. They say the unit’s fire sprinkler system brought the blaze under control, but that smoke and water damage left it uninhabitable.
No other units were affected and no injuries were reported, fire officials say.
According to the Wheaton Fire Department, the cause of the fire appears to be accidental.
When firefighters got to the scene, they saw the smoke and had to track down the flames. The fire was contained to a storage room in the back of the restaurant. Fire officials say a ceiling sprinkler system helped to contain the fire to the area and ultimately helped firefighters put out the flames.
A fire investigator was called to the scene to try and determine a cause.
Some neighboring stores did have smoke damage. There is no word when the restaurant will open back up.
“The automatic fire sprinkler system had extinguished most of the fire before we arrived,” said Captain David Rodriguez, “limiting fire damage to the one room.”
The fire was discovered by a nurse’s aide when the sprinkler system activated and triggered the buildings fire alarm system.
The aide was able to evacuate the resident from the room and unplugged the HVAC unit, which appeared to be the cause of the fire, stated the SFD press release.
“This was an amazing success story,” said Fire Marshal Jon Davis in the press release. “A working fire sprinkler system, combined with a well-trained staff and a quick response by firefighters resulted in the best possible outcome.”
“I have no doubt that without all of those elements coming together, the outcome would have resulted in injury or death to occupants of the building and damage to the structure would have been extensive.” said Davis, “Incidents like this really highlight how a comprehensive fire safety strategy can benefit a community.”
Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Deputies along with YCSO Search & Rescue members and Sedona Police Department assisted at the scene with the temporary evacuation of residents from the wing of the building where the fire occurred. Approximately 20 residents were displaced for a couple of hours and the resident of the room where the fire occurred, had to be relocated to another room while theirs is repaired.
Sedona Fire District investigators determined that the fire started when the in-room, wall mounted HVAC unit malfunctioned.
There were no injuries reported and damage is estimated at $20,000, the SFD press release said.
