Retail, Shopping Mall West Burlington, IA – Jewelry store fire in shopping mall extinguished with help from sprinkler system September 10, 2016 viking210 A small fire caused occurred at Kay’s Jewelry Store about 7 p.m. Wednesday at Westland Mall. West Burlington Fire Chief Shaun Ryan said his firefighters responded to the mall about 7 p.m. on the report of smoke coming from a storage facility on the second-floor of the store. He said sprinkler systems activated and extinguished most of the fire by the time fire crews arrived. He said firefighters were able to knock down the remainder of the small fire within minutes. The entire mall was evacuated for about 90 minutes while firefighters removed smoke from the area, he said. The mall’s alarm system is on the same circuit so fire alarms went off throughout the building. He said the cause of the investigation remains under investigation. No injuries were reported. The Burlington Fire Department assisted West Burlington at the scene.
