Fire Sprinkler Controls a Dumpster Fire in a Residential High-Rise

February 28, 2024
PALATINE, IL – A single sprinkler controlled a fire in a dumpster located in the garbage room of a 14-story condominium building.  When crews from the Palatine Fire Department arrived, there was an audible sprinkler bell sounding. They found a dumpster fire in in check by a single sprinkler. The dumpster was safely wheeled out of the building where it was fully extinguished.

“The combination of fire sprinklers and fire separation kept the fire contained to the garbage dumpster, said Fire Marshal Jay Atherton, Palatine Fire Department. “This resulted in no loss from smoke and fire and no residents were displaced.”

Source:  Jay Atherton, Fire Marshal, Palatine Fire Prevention