Dryer fire evacuates Frostburg Hampton Inn
[7/16/2008] - FROSTBURG — Check-in time at the Hampton Inn is scheduled for its normal time of 2 p.m. today, following an overnight accidental fire that forced evacuation of the 72-room motel. link

Fire damages Auburn apartment; VRFA quickly douses it
[7/16/2008] - Fire damaged an Auburn apartment and water damage was sustained to another Tuesday afternoon. There were no injuries to civilians or firefighters. link

Fire causes minor damage at apartment complex
[7/15/2008] - POINT PLEASANT - Residents who live in the Twin Rivers Tower Apartments complex were able to sleep in their own beds Sunday after being awakened by the fire alarm earlier that morning. Around 7 a.m., members of the Point Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department responded to the apartment building for a small kitchen fire, according to Chief Jeremy Bryant. The fire apparently started in an oven. Bryant said the building's sprinkler system activated and put out the fire quickly. link

Small fire ignites in Main Ave. condo
[7/15/2008] - A sprinkler system may have saved a woman's condo Monday on Main Avenue. link

Sprinklers Could Have Minimized Apt. Fire Damage
[7/14/2008] - As many as 40 people have to start over after a fire destroyed their apartment building. Now some our wondering, could sprinklers have stopped the blaze from spreading? link

MFD offers tips on fire-proofing your home
[7/14/2008] - At a time when it seems like Midland has had too many house and apartment fires so far this year, officials with the city's fire department say homeowners should consider several different safety precautions to try and fire-proof their homes. MFD Assistant Fire Marshal David Hickman said residents should consider installing residential sprinklers in their home as one method to protect their belongings from a fire. link

Pushing fire sprinkler systems
[7/12/2008] - BEAUFORT, SC (WCSC) - Less than a month after the South Carolina Legislature voted to override Governor Mark Sanford's veto on a sprinkler systems bill the City of Beaufort is leading the way for people across the state to embrace higher standards for fire protection. link

Sprinklers douse fire at old waffle factory
[7/12/2008] - A sprinkler system extinguished a fire that broke out Friday at the former Pillsbury frozen waffle factory in Allentown, fire officials said. link

Sprinkler fitters' strike ends with contract approval
[7/11/2008] - A strike by workers who install fire sprinklers ended Friday after they approved a contract that includes a wage increase and improved health benefits. Mike Dahl, business manager of the United Association of Sprinkler Fitters & Apprentices Local 699, said that 176 people voted for the contract and 26 voted against it. link

Late night fire damages Piano Piano restaurant
[7/11/2008] - Park Ridge police, local and state fire investigators and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) are involved in the investigation of a fire that severely damaged a Park Ridge restaurant this week. link

Toddler ignites fire near Basalt
[7/10/2008] - Thompson said there was “easily” $200,000 to $250,000 in damage to the house. The sprinkler system nearly drained its entire tank and water saturated the first and second floors and dripped all the way to the basement. “If we didn’t have sprinklers we would have lost the whole second floor,” Thompson said. “ It holds the fire in check until we get there. That’s exactly what it did.” link

Strike halts construction at Olive 8, Bravern, 23 other projects
[7/2/2008] - About 500 union fire-sprinkler installers have gone on strike, affecting work on several of the largest construction projects in the Seattle area. Tom Collins, a spokesman for Sprinkler Fitters and Apprentices Local 699, said the union struck local fire-sprinkler contractors Tuesday after their contract expired at midnight. link

Fire fills Lowe's store in Webster with thick smoke
[7/1/2008] - A fire that is believed to have started in the home and garden section of the building filled the Lowe’s Home Improvement store in Webster with thick smoke early this morning. link