LFB report that a sprinkler system in a halls of residence block on Greenwich High Road operated to sucessfully suppress a kitchen fire on 4 October at 1954 hrs.
LFB disptached 20 firefighters and four appliances to the location and stated ‘The fire started in a communal kitchen on the seventh floor and is believed to have been caused by cooking. Fortunately there were sprinklers fitted in the block which activated and limited the amount of damage caused to the kitchen.
Around 160 people evacuated from the building before the arrival of the Brigade. London Ambulance Service treated a woman at the scene as a precaution.
BAFSA members Triangle Fire who installed the system reinstated the system and replaced a single sprinkler head early the following day and confirmed the assertion that this would have been a serious fires if sprinklers had not been fitted. The occupant of the kitchen at the time was reported to have said that ‘the flames rushed by her and that the sprinkler head had operated before she had left the room’.
