Upon arrival, firefighters found light gray smoke coming from unit two of the residence.
Crews entered the structure and found a fire sprinkler spraying water onto a stove fire.
Crews extinguished the fire and shut the water to the unit. The Salvation Army was contacted to assist a mother and child with relocation efforts. No injuries were reported.
Thankfully the damage was minimal but Visalia Rescue Mission (VRM) will be in the market for a new dryer and possibly a fresh coat of paint.
At 1:07 a.m., firefighters responded to a reported fire at the rescue mission, located at 322 Northeast First Avenue. The fire was reported in a laundry room toward the back of the men’s facility.
VRM offers meals and laundry services to many Visalia families and residents.
When the first crew arrived, they didn’t see smoke coming from the building. Eventually, fire crews found the fire coming from a dryer in the laundry room, according to Battalion Chief Darrin Hughes.
The fire was contained to the laundry room. The fire caused a sprinkler to activate which stop the spread of flames, Hughes said.
Mission staff and Visalia police helped evacuate those who were in the building. It’s unknown how many people were inside the building when the fire was reported.
No injuries were reported, firefighters said.
Utilities to the facility were left on so the mission could operate normally, Hughes said.
The cause was “undetermined,” Hughes added. The fire caused more than $5,000 in damage to the dryer. Water damage was minimal.
The property is worth approximately $350,000.
Finance Director Shon Baldwin encouraged anyone looking to support the mission in light of Tuesday morning’s fire to donate through the nonprofit’s website.
On June 1, 2019 at approximately 21:18 hours, Investigators from Fort Bend County Fire Marshal’s Office responded to an apartment fire located at 16731 Beechnut St. Houston TX 77083 (Greens at Brentford Apartments). Community Fire Department requested investigators from the Fort Bend County Fire Marshal’s Office respond. Upon arrival, investigators found that a small cooking fire had occurred in an apartment. One sprinkler head activated and extinguished the fire. The affected apartment had minor damage. No damage was reported to any other living units. No injuries were reported.
Fire units were dispatched to the Sunoco Packaging plant at 6501 Texas Central Parkway at 1:49 a.m. after someone in the plant pulled a manual alarm.
Occupants of the building were evacuated as the fire was observed in one of the processing machines.
All employees were accounted for and there were no injuries.
The automatic sprinkler system in the plant did operate.
The report indicated the 100,000 square feet of open space and 25-foot ceilings made ventilating the building a challenge.
The initial written fire report indicated the cause of the fire appeared to be a leak in piping carrying solvent to the printing machines with the actual ignition of the solvent being either heat from the operating equipment or a spark from the associated electronics.
Orange Fire Department was dispatched to a fire at approximately 2 a.m. Sunday at the Velma Jeter Apartments, in the 5700 block of Velma Jeter Drive in Orange.
According to residents at the scene, they were awakened by the sounding fire alarm going off from the blaze.
Several residents noticed the fire in the apartment and quickly grabbed nearby fire extinguishers to extinguish the blaze.
One man broke the glass to retrieve an extinguisher stored in the complex’s sidewalk, kicked in the apartment door and extinguished the fire. The man had to be treated on the scene by fire responders due to smoke inhalations after he collapsed from going inside the burning unit.
He did not require transport to a hospital.
When firefighters arrived, the fire was mostly out with heavy smoke coming from the unit. They did spend some time verifying the fire was out and that the damage was limited to the single unit.
The occupant of the apartment was not home at the time, and according to neighbors, the resident was seen moving out earlier in the day.
The fire could have been much worse had the sprinkler system not done its job and the residents had not teamed up and worked together according to firefighters.
Nine portable fire extinguishers were used by the neighbors before the fire department arrived.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the City of Orange Fire Marshal.
Morris Fire Chief Tracy Steffes said the accidental fire was caused by a malfunctioning deep freeze that caused some racks of dry goods to catch fire.
The sprinkler system was activated containing the blaze until fire personnel could arrive. Steffes said this was an excellent example of where a fire suppression system saved a building from a multi-million dollar loss.
He also said a large amount of man power was needed to place fire attack lines into service due to size of the building. They also used the MABAS Division 10 large ventilation fan to clear smoke from building, which was filled with smoke from floor to ceiling. The fan came from the Lyons Fire Department.
The incident was investigated by the Illinois Fire Marshal’s Office, MABAS Division 15 Arson Investigators, Morris Police and Fire Departments. Estimated damages including loss of revenue due to being closed are at $1 million so far.
No injuries were reported and the business was closed on Sunday.
Firefighters were called to the 200 block of 14th Street Northwest just after 2 a.m. Tuesday, June 4. When they got on scene, they found a dryer on fire on the fourth floor of the building.
Crews credit the sprinkler system for keeping the fire contained to just the dryer.
“One of the lessons of an incident like this is just how important it is to have a working sprinkler system and alarm system,” Charlottesville Fire Chief Andrew Baxter said. “That sprinkler system saved lives tonight, there’s no question about it.”
No one was inside the apartment at the time of the fire.
Baxter says people living inside two apartments have temporarily been displaced due to smoke and water damage throughout the building.
The Valdosta Fire Department responded to an early-morning fire Sunday at a four-story hotel.
Crews arrived to the hotel at 1003 North St. Augustine Street just after 4:30 a.m.
Upon arrival, firefighters found that the sprinkler system on the fourth floor of the building had extinguished the small kitchen fire. The cause of the fire was determined to be unattended cooking.
Fire crews remained on scene to assist water removal personnel.
On Friday around 11 p.m., a fire broke out in the NorthPoint Men’s building.
Witnesses said a remote control car battery ignited in an apartment, prompting residents to call 911. The Madison Fire Department and Rexburg Police Department rushed to the scene.
“My roommate bought a charger for an RC car, and I guess that one of them blew up,” said James Raney, a junior studying communication. “I guess there was a flame in his room. I opened the door and I just saw smoke everywhere.”
Witnesses said flames reached the ceiling.
“The battery caught on fire,” said Logan Wright, a freshman studying mechanical engineering. “We were outside and the water (from the fire sprinkler system) would not stop. I was sitting on the couch and I could hear the thing burning, it sounded like the space shuttle. The flame was up to the ceiling.”
Wright called the 911 to report the fire before evacuating.
“We were dispatched here for smoke in a room,” said Ben Williams, a firefighter for the Madison Fire Department.
Firefighters said they extinguished the fire before it spread. The building was evacuated and no injuries were reported.
Crowds gathered outside questioning why the alarms had gone off. Some guessed it was the result of burnt food, as has happened earlier in the semester.
“This is the third time that this has happened this semester,” claims Jared Davey, a sophomore studying psychology. “The last few time it was because someone actually burned their food and…(had to) air out their apartment.”
Firefighters said it happened around one in the morning and the small fire started inside a commercial dryer.
The Green Bay Metro Fire Department said the fire was kept in check by the activated sprinkler system.
No one was hurt, and people were eventually able to go back inside the hotel.
