Roanoke Fire-EMS extinguished a fire in the 3400 block of Shenandoah Avenue NW Saturday night.
About 6:30 p.m., crews were called to respond to a fire alarm, and found smoke coming from a business building.
Firefighters say sprinklers helped lessen impacts from the fire, and put out part of the fire untouchable by the sprinkler system in place.
No injuries have been reported. The cause of the fire has not been determined.
Crews from the Roanoke County Fire and Rescue Department battled an apartment fire Saturday evening.
According to fire officials, crews responded to a report of a commercial fire alarm in the northern part of the county at approximately 5:50 p.m. on Saturday, May 1 in the 5300 block of Hawthorne Road.
When crews arrived on scene, they found smoke showing from a third story window of a large multi-story apartment building.
The apartment was occupied at the time of the fire by a single adult.
Everyone in the building was able safely evacuate the building without injury. In addition, the fire was knocked down within about 10 minutes.
The department says the building’s sprinkler system was able to keep the fire controlled until firefighters arrived.
According to fire officials, damage is minimal but some water damage did occur in the apartment the fire originated as well as some of the units below.
The occupant of the apartment will be displaced and is being helped by the American Red Cross.
The Roanoke County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire.
Officials say units from HPD, the Rockingham County Fire Rescue, the Harrisonburg Police Department and the Harrisonburg Rescue Squad were dispatched to the 2400 block of Silverbell Drive at approximately 1:10 a.m. on Sunday, April 18 for a reported structure fire.
Crews say smoke was coming from a ground-floor apartment. A fire was found inside, and had been controlled by a fire sprinkler.
Officials say no victims were found during a search, although two dogs were safely evacuated. During an investigation, officials say information was found that suggested the fire was intentionally set.
Officials say Marlon A. Organ, Jr., of Broadway, was arrested in connection with the fire and charged with burning or destroying a dwelling. Organ was committed to the Rockingham County Jail.
Due to the ongoing investigation, officials say specific information about the fire, including origin and cause, will not be released. Stay with WHSV for updates.
Crews were called to the Jackson Warehouse Apartments at 12 South 17th Street for an apartment fire just before 8:30 a.m.
When firefighters pulled up, they saw heavy smoke coming from the building’s sixth floor.
“A second alarm was declared, due to this being a high-rise building,” fire officials said. “Crews quickly got the incident under control and assisted evacuating occupants of the building.”
Firefighters credited the building’s sprinkler system in helping prevent the fire from spreading to other apartments.
Officials said the fire likely started in one unit’s kitchen.
Officials said one person was “briefly stuck in an elevator” when power to the building was shut off, “but our crews got them out with no issues.”
No one was injured, officials said.
The Red Cross is helping one person who was displaced, according to fire officials.
Two apartments were damaged in a fire Friday afternoon in Spotsylvania County.
The fire started in a unit of the Alexander Heights apartment complex along Salem Church Road, according to county Fire Chief Jay Cullinan.
He said the sprinkler system kept the fire from spreading, but residents couldn’t go back to two apartments. The apartment where the fire started sustained smoke damage and the apartment below that unit sustained water damage, he said.
The chief said a firefighter suffered smoke inhalation issues and was taken to an area hospital for observation, but is OK.
Units responded to the eight-story apartment building in the 5900 block of Richmond Highway around 5:05 p.m. Saturday. Three residents were home when the fire occurred in the kitchen. A child found the fire and alerted her father, who unsuccessfully tried to put it out with a towel. The resident notified his roommate, who called 911.
Fire department units arrived to find the fire had been extinguished by the sprinkler system. Investigators determined the cause of the fire was an air fryer igniting on the electric stove top when a stove burner was accidentally turned on. Damages were estimated to be $25,000.
Four residents were displaced, and Red Cross assistance was declined. Building management is helping the displaced residents.
The City of Williamsburg Fire Department, James City County Fire Department and York County Fire and Life Safety were all called on Saturday, Feb. 6 around 8:45 p.m to an apartment fire that occurred in the 1400 block of Middle Street.
There were 22 firefighters initially called for the incident.
When the first crew arrived on the scene at 8:49 p.m., they said they spotted smoke coming from the second-floor hallway in one of the buildings. This was when firefighters noticed a kitchen fire that had been put out by the building’s sprinkler system, which was in the unit where the fire started.
Firefighters conducted salvage and overhaul operations in the affected apartment and said there was no fire extension found. Additionally, there was no other smoke or fire on the other floors in the building, and the fire was under control by 9:08 p.m.
However, the apartments on the first floor (right under the unit where the fire happened) were affected by water damage, from the sprinkler system.
The apartment complex’s management relocated the two occupants who were displaced from the fire.
The City of Williamsburg’s Community Risk Reduction team is investigating the cause of the fire and said no injuries were reported.
The building has a sprinkler system which extinguished the fire and RFD says the incident is now under control.
No one was hurt or killed during this fire.
Adjoining businesses near the bar suffered minor smoke and water damage but will remain in business.
The fire was contained by the automatic sprinkler system.
Around 9:20 p.m., crews were dispatched to Yokohama Tire Corp. in the 1500 block of Indiana Street.
A moderate amount of smoke was coming from the building when the first unit arrived on scene. Within seven minutes of arrival, the fire was under control.
All personnel was safely evacuated from the building and no injuries were reported.
The fire was determined to be accidental; it caused about $10,000 in damage, according to the Salem Fire & EMS Fire Marshal’s Office.
