Boardwalk pizzeria to reopen nearly a year to the day after major fire
[3/24/2009] - OCEAN CITY -- An iconic Boardwalk pizzeria destroyed by fire will re-open in its brand-new building next week, its owner said. link

Fire At Church Contained By Sprinkler
[3/23/2009] - WINONA LAKE - A fire at Christ Covenant Church Sunday was contained to the room of origin of the fire with the help of the sprinkler system. link

Sprinklers put out fire in new Maple Ridge apartment
[3/12/2009] - A fire in an apartment building in downtown Maple Ridge Tuesday was quickly doused by sprinklers. The blaze began around 9:30 p.m. in a suite on the fourth floor of Urbano, a new 232 unit development at 12238 and 12248 - 224th Street in Maple Ridge. link

Residents rescued from balconies after high-rise fire
[3/12/2009] - Buffalo firefighters used high-rise equipment to knock down an extremely smoky two-alarm fire that sent about a dozen Maryner Towers residents scurrying onto their eighth-floor balconies or hanging out their open windows before they were rescued this morning. link

Fire damages auto body shop near Milwaukie
[3/10/2009] - Firefighters are crediting a sprinkler system for preventing the spread of a two-alarm fire that broke out early today at an auto body shop south of Milwaukie. link

FIRE AT METAL PLATING SHOP
[3/10/2009] - San Jose - A metal plating shop caught on fire early this morning in San Jose. The blaze was reported around 4:30am in an industrial business park in the 300 block of Umbarger Road, across the street from the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. The fire was immediately contained by the building's sprinkler system. There were no injuries reported in the incident. link

Fire Causes Minor Damage To Luby's
[3/9/2009] - SAN ANTONIO -- A small fire caused about $2,500 damage to a Luby's restaurant on the city's west side early Monday. link

Kitchen fire at Golden Corral
[3/9/2009] - A small kitchen fire was reported at 7:55 a.m. at Golden Corral. It began when a slow cooker, which is used to cook food overnight, ignited. link

Small Fires Reported At Ohio College
[3/5/2009] - CINCINNATI (AP) - Buildings at a college outside Cincinnati have been evacuated because of a series of fires. Firefighters say there have been at least five small fires at the College of Mount St. Joseph, found everywhere from on a bulletin board to in a bathroom. The fires were reported between 11 and 11:30 a.m. Thursday and were quickly extinguished, leaving smoke behind. link

Sprinkler limits fire damage at Paper Box Co.
[3/5/2009] - A fire at the Paper Box and Specialty Co. in Sheboygan destroyed an air compressor but did no other damage thanks to a sprinkler system, the Sheboygan Fire Department reported this morning. link

Electricians injured in downtown Stamford explosion
[3/4/2009] - Click photo to enlarge«123» STAMFORD -- Two electricians were injured after an explosion inside a transformer vault underground during renovations of the YMCA building late Wednesday morning. Traffic on Washington Boulevard between Tresser Boulevard and Main Street was halted. link

Sprinklers limit damage in Sparks fire
[3/3/2009] - A sprinkler system limited smoke and water damage in an apartment in the 4000 block of Moorpark Court in Sparks on Sunday morning, fire officials said. link

Sprinklers extinguish small fire at Illini Tower
[3/2/2009] - CHAMPAIGN – Sprinklers quickly extinguished a small fire in a 14th-floor apartment, but caused water damage Saturday at Illini Tower, 403 E. Chalmers St. "The sprinklers did do their job, but there was water damage," Champaign fire spokeswoman Dena Schumacher said. "There was water all the way to the ground level." link

13 Injured In Apartment Fire
[3/2/2009] - CHICAGO (CBS) ― Dozens of people were rescued by firefighters after a three-alarm fire that left 13 injured was struck out at an Edgewater apartment building Monday afternoon. link

Sprinkler system limits damage Sunday in Sparks apartment fire
[3/2/2009] - An automatic fire sprinkler system limited smoke and water damage inside an apartment on the 4000 block of Moorpark Court in Sparks Sunday morning, the Sparks Fire Department said. link