Sprinkler Saves

Daily stories of how fire sprinklers save lives.

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Fire controlled by sprinkler system at cedar remanufacture (Langley, BC)

Ember smoldered and ignited some sawdust near a woodworking machine, which lit some nearby wood scraps, and finally set fire to a lift of lumber.  That caused a sprinkler head directly above the blaze to activate.  "The sprinkler system controlled the fire," assistant fire chief Bruce Ferguson.
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