Thanks to Ross Nixon of Highlands and Islands F&RS who has notified us of a successful sprinkler activation at Boat of Garden, Inverness-shire.  At around 07:45 on 1st November 2011 a failure occurred in an acetylene torch manifold at a factory involved in processing timber . The result was that a fire took hold in the workshop area and the Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue service were called.  Fortunately the 30m² workshop had sprinklers fitted and one head activated taking 15 minutes to control the fire which resulted in 10% of the workshop being damaged.nnThe incident had the potential to involve heating the acetylene cylinder with such heat as to cause a massive explosion but the sprinkler system not only controlled the fire but automatically cooled the cylinder, preventing such an outcome.  18 fire-fighters attended the incident who, following operational procedures, continued to cool the cylinder until the danger of explosion was nullified.