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Thursday, July 14, 2016

NOI 7/14/16 Wicomico Hotel 300 S. Salisbury Blvd.

NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION

Date:  July 14, 2016 
Time:  1:03 a.m.
Location / Address:  LaQuinta Inn & Suites, 300 S. Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury, Wicomico Co.
Type of Incident: Fire 
Description of Structure / Property:  Hotel
Owner / Occupants:  Sunset Hotel Group
Injuries or Deaths:  None
Estimated $ Loss: Structure:  $10,000                      Contents: $500
Smoke Alarm Status:  Present and activated
Fire Alarm / Sprinkler Status:   Present and activated 
Arrests(s):  None
Primary Responding Fire Department:  Salisbury
# of Alarms:  1     # Of Firefighters:   20
Time to Control:  30 minutes
Discovered By:  Automatic fire alarm
Area of Origin:   Kitchen storage
Preliminary Cause:  Accidental, spontaneous combustion of dish towels
Additional Information:  Sprinkler activation contained the fire to the area of origin.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

How do dish towels spontaneously combust?

Anonymous said...

When used with solvents and not properly disposed of or properly stored in an airtight container.

Anonymous said...

when used for cleaning up meth spills lol

Anonymous said...

This was a result of what 10:13 describes. Someone didn't do what they were supposed to do with solvent-laden rags or cloths. A cloud of solvent vapor surrounded the rags, just waiting for ignition.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if the towels had intended to catch fire?