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SANTA ROSA, CA – The Santa Rosa Fire Department is investigating a package that suddenly burst into flames in an apartment building hallway as arson. The person who called the fire department told reporters that a package in the hallway of his apartment ignited and caused a fire. The building resident acted quickly, however, and put it out with a portable fire extinguisher. The burning package caused smoke stains and heat damage to the walls and ceiling of the hallway, but no one was injured as a result of the fire.

Bay City News Service (Santa Rosa, CA)

LANSING, MI – Students at Lansing Community College were able to return to class after a fire broke out in the school’s wood working shop. The fire department was called to the college after a fire was discovered and had started to fill a portion of the building with smoke. Thanks to the quick action of a staff member, the fire was put out using a portable extinguisher before they were able to arrive. The fire department determined that sawdust got into the external dust collector, where it smoldered and caught fire.

WILX News 10 (Lansing, MI)

CALIFORNIA, MD – A photographer for Southern Maryland News Net was in the right place at the right time. When the Bay District Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a residence on Nicholas Court for a kitchen fire, he was only one block away. After arriving a few moments later, the photographer found the home’s occupants standing outside, where they told him they had attempted to put out the fire using a bag of flour, but were not successful. Luckily, the photographer had recently bought a portable fire extinguisher for his vehicle, and was able to use it to put out the rest of the flames, saving the family’s home.

Southern Maryland News Net (California, MD)

NEW ORLEANS, LA – While on route to the scene of a police shootout, a New Orleans police officer lost control of his car, crashing into an oak tree, which caused his cruiser to catch fire. Luckily, the neighborhood’s residents jumped into action. First, they pulled the police officer from the burning cruiser, and then several residents used portable fire extinguishers to put out the flames. The police officer only suffered minor injuries as a result of the crash and was quickly released from the hospital.

The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)

CHALLIS, ID – On a recent Saturday morning, a homeowner noticed paint blisters forming on the wall of his modular home. The man was home with wife, daughter and granddaughter when he realized there was a fire in the home’s wall. The family quickly took action by calling the fire department, shutting off the breakers to the furnace, knocking a hole in the wall, and spraying the flames with two portable fire extinguishers. They were able to prevent the flames from spreading until the fire department arrived to completely extinguish the fire. The Challis Fire Chief told reporters that “he pretty much saved the trailer with his fire extinguisher.”

Challis Messenger (Challis, ID)

SOUTH PASADENA, CA – A South Pasadena resident is being credited with putting out a fire that had ignited in her home before firefighters were able to respond. The South Pasadena Fire Department was called to the apartment complex just before 11:00 pm. When they arrived at the scene, they found that the apartment’s resident had used a portable fire extinguisher to put out the flames. Fire investigators determined that the fire was ignited by wax dripping onto a heater.

South Pasadena News (South Pasadena, CA)

ST. LOUIS, MO – A University of Missouri–St. Louis College of Nursing student is being credited with saving her neighbor’s apartment and two dogs after she discovered a fire in their kitchen. She was alerted to the fire by the apartment’s fire alarm, but when she went to check on the apartment, she learned that her neighbors weren’t home. After calling 911 and contacting the neighbors, she was able to get into the apartment and use a portable fire extinguisher to put out the flames. She found their two dogs hiding in an upstairs bedroom and worked to clear smoke out of the room until fire authorities and the homeowners arrived.

UMSL Daily (St. Louis, MO)

COLDWATER, MI – The Coldwater Fire Department was called to the Old Mill Race Apartments after a plumber accidentally ignited lint in the building’s mechanical room dryer while he was soldering a copper pipe. Firefighters told reporters that the plumber used a portable fire extinguisher to put out the flames before they spread. Damage was limited to burnt insulation and lint in the mechanical room ceiling.

WTVB (Coldwater, MI)

DOVER, DE – A maintenance man is being hailed as a hero in Dover after he put out a fire in an apartment complex, saving four children. While the cause of the fire is not known, it started just after 1:30 p.m. in an apartment. As soon as the building’s maintenance man was alerted to the fire, he used a portable fire extinguisher to put it out. After extinguishing the fire, he learned that there were four children in a room that was adjacent to the where the fire had started. No one suffered any injuries as a result of the fire.

WMDT ABC 47 (Dover, DE)

ROGUE VALLEY, OR — Days before Thanksgiving, a Medford woman was on her way home for the holiday when she was involved in a head-on crash in Utah. The woman was trapped in her car as it caught fire. A Utah resident passing by jumped into action and extinguished the fire using a portable extinguisher from his car. The Good Samaritan stayed with the women for three hours until paramedics arrived. Due to the actions of the Good Samaritan, the woman only suffered injuries from the crash.

KOBI-TV 3 (Rogue Valley, OR)

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