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.
“It’s a large building, so we’re still going through it and trying to determine the extent of the damage,” said assistant chief Andy Sannipoli. The building’s sprinkler system managed to keep the fire in check.
The One City Center is the site of B.Good, Pokeworks, and Bulldega Urban Market, as well as five levels of office space and 21 stories of apartments. There’s no word on whether or how the fire affected the retail space.
Sannipoli says firefighters rescued a dog that had been left during the evacuation of the sixth floor, but the dog was fine and has been returned to its owners. People will most likely be able to return to the building by 1:00 p.m.
The March 1 grease fire began around 5:30 a.m. in the kitchen of the hotel located at 159 Gateway Boulevard in Mooresville.
“Although the hood suppression system activated, the fire spread to nearby cardboard boxes but was successfully extinguished by the building’s fire sprinkler system when three sprinkler heads activated,” and put the fire out before firefighters arrived on the scene, Mooresville Fire-Rescue said Monday morning in a statement.
Damage was limited to a small area of the kitchen, according to fire officials, who say the incident is a reminder to stay vigilant about fire safety when traveling.
“According to the US Fire Administration, each year, there are an estimated 3,900 hotel and motel fires that cause 15 deaths, 100 injuries, and $100 million in property losses,” MFR said. The hotel has a fire sprinkler system because building codes required it at the time it was built in 2007.
No one was injured in an Asheboro apartment fire Thursday evening.
According to Chief Danny Floyd with the Asheboro Fire Department, firefighters responded to the West Pointe Apartment Homes, located at 635 Oak Leaf Road, at approximately 5:40 p.m.
The fire, which was caused by items burned on a stove top, was out by the time firefighters arrived on scene.
There was minor fire damage to the kitchen, Floyd said, but the majority of the damage was caused by water from the apartment’s fire sprinklers.
The water damage also impacted two other apartment units.
Firefighters remained on scene for two hours for ventilation, salvage and investigation.
Sarah Israel, who lives in an apartment unit beside the one that caught fire, said she came outside of her apartment and noticed that her neighbor’s door was drenched with water.
“I live right beside her and I heard an alarm,” Israel said, “but that alarm sounded so distant that it didn’t alarm me to come outside and say ‘what is that?’ ”
It wasn’t until Israel wandered outside that she noticed the damp door and was able to tell that the alarm she was hearing was coming from the unit right beside her own.
“I think if I wouldn’t have come outside, it would have been a lot worse because I was the first one to hear.”
Crews responded to the Devon 425 apartments on Boylan Ave. and Tucker Street. According to officials, the apartment’s sprinkler systems worked well at minimizing damage.
No injuries were reported, and officials said only two units were damaged–primarily by the water, not the fire.
Captain Charles Vaught said in a statement, Sergeant J. Spragins was working off-duty at Chapel Ridge Apartments shortly before 6:30 p.m. when he heard a fire-alarm go off in one of the buildings of the complex.
He immediately started checking the building to ensure everyone was OK.
Upon smelling something burning in the building he began evacuation until he could determine the source of the smoke.
The fire department arrived and located the burning apartment.
With assistance from firefighters, detectives canvassed the apartment to determine what happened and were able to speak with the tenant who lives in the dwelling.
Detectives are currently investigating to determine if charges will be filed.
Roanoke Rapids Fire Department Battalion Chief Tim Gray said this morning there were multiple areas of origin. In two of the areas ignited, two of the sprinkler heads activated. “There was a lot of water damage,” he said. “It was more water than fire damage.”
Gray said the sprinkler system kept the fire in check.
Firefighters from Station 2 observed smoke coming from the door of the apartment and made forced entry to check for anyone inside. There was no one in the dwelling.
Gray would only say the fire appeared to be suspicious and firefighters assisted the police department with the initial investigation before handing the matter over to investigators.
Some residents had to be relocated until the sprinkler system was restored.
Firefighters responded to the store to find several alarms activating and heavy smoke coming from the front door.
Authorities say 32 firefighters, with the help a full sprinkler system, quickly extinguished the fire.
The entire store sustained heavy smoke and water damage.
No one was injured and no other stores were affected.
The store will remain closed until the damage is repaired.
The Durham Fire Department said 33 firefighters responded to Marriott at Research Triangle Park, at 4700 Guardian Drive, after a structure fire was reported around 5:30 a.m. Friday.
When crews went to the room on the second floor, they found smoke but no fire.
The sprinklers put out the fire quickly, authorities said, and damage was limited to the room.
Officials said the hotel has been under construction, and there was a problem with the heater in the room.
People in the hotel were evacuated but were later allowed in the lobby.
Emergency crews responded to the fire at about 1:37 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to the fire department.
The sprinkler activation system helped to contain the fire to the kitchen duct system over the restaurant, and firefighters managed to get the situation under control in 55 minutes.
“Due to the size and the complexity of the structure, we had 53 people, and we had all 53 people at one point doing some type of work,” said Winston-Salem Fire Department Battalion Chief Aaron Noah. “From moving the hose around the facility, ventilating the structure, fire tac to put the fire out, and being up on the roof to monitor the roof.”
The cooking area was left heavily damaged, and crews ventilated the nearby smoke-filled halls in the mall.
Two cleaning workers were in the restaurant when it caught fire. The workers were not injured.
Officials are investigating, but the fire is not suspicious, Noah said.
At about 11:43 p.m., the fire department shared video of smoke pouring out of Modern Auto Body Shop at 1020 Southpark Boulevard.
At about 1:42 a.m., officials said the fire was held “in check” thanks to the building’s sprinkler system which helped keep the fire in a small area of the building.
