Authorities say the fire was reported around 8 AM. Crews extinguished the fire in the garden center, which sustained fire and smoke damage, but damage was limited because of the building’s sprinkler system.
A Walmart employee said the store should re-open on Saturday.
Eighteen firefighters were on the scene. No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The sprinkler system in a Bismarck apartment prevented a fire from spreading Friday afternoon.
The Bismarck Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at the Crescent Manor Apartments on East Bowen Ave. just after 4:30 p.m.
The department says a fire on a stovetop was prevented from spreading because of the automatic fire sprinkler system and crews were able to completely extinguish the fire.
Bismarck Fire says the occupant of the unit was not home at the time.
The department says all residents were evacuated and were able to return their apartments, except for the unit involved.
No injuries were reported.
The Minot Fire Department responded to 1250 27th Ave NW at 6:56 p.m. for a stove top fire in an apartment complex.
Firefighters found smoke in the hallway of the building’s third floor with heavy smoke in one apartment.
Crews gained access to the apartment and found that the sprinkler system had activated, and the fire had been extinguished.
Multiple apartments on all three floors of the building suffered water damage from the sprinkler system.
Damage to the building from fire was minor. No injuries were reported.
A fire scare at Days Inn & Suites near Hector International Airport in Fargo.
A water heater malfunctioned and started on fire.
Guests were evacuated while fire crews were called to the hotel around 4 Sunday afternoon.
Days Inn operators tell us the sprinkler system put the fire out and it didn’t spread.
The hotel is without hot water until the water heater can be replaced.
That was expected to happen yet tonight.
25-year old Jobe Lunski, of Ardoch, North Dakota, was arrested on a charge of endangerment by fire.
Police say the ignited gas created a significant flash fire that caused minor injuries to another employee and damage to a customer’s vehicle and the building’s structure
Firefighters who responded to Lithia Ford at 2273 32nd Avenue South Wednesday afternoon found the fire has already been extinguished by the building’s sprinkler system.
The fire cause is under investigation. No damage assessment is available at this time. City View Property Mgmt. helped the tenants of the damaged apartments by putting them up temporarily in other units that they manage.
An official with the Fargo Fire Department tells us, they got call for white smoke billowing from the third floor of the apartment complex.
By the time they got to the scene, a sprinkler system has already put most of the fire out. The resident of the third floor apartment wasn’t home at the time.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. There is water damage to apartments below where fire began.
Fire crews are on the scene of a possible fire at an apartment complex in Fargo.
The call came in around 2:30 Friday afternoon on a report of a structure fire on the 4800 block of 28th Ave. S. Smoke is reported on the third floor of the apartment.
A reporter on the scene tells us, there are no visible flames but fire crews appear to be investigating a balcony. A resident tells us, they were evacuated from the building.
The apartment occupant sustained some minor injuries related to the cooking fire. There were no reported injuries to firefighters. Grand Forks Police Department and Altru Ambulance were also on scene assisting.
