Err... No, the network didn't even notice. There's so much noise in the hash rate that any signal is lost. See <a href="https://blockchain.info/charts/hash-rate" rel="nofollow">https://blockchain.info/charts/hash-rate</a> and try to find the "disruption".
This is allegedly what a fire in a bitcoin mine looks like: <a href="http://www.jwz.org/blog/2014/11/grim-meathook-mining-disaster/" rel="nofollow">http://www.jwz.org/blog/2014/11/grim-meathook-mining-disaste...</a>
I'm surprised at the severity of the fire; it doesn't look like bitcoin mining equipment would be comprised of much flammable material - it's mostly metal and silicon and PCBs. The former two are essentially nonflammable, while the latter usually being made of FR-4 is flame-retardant (UL94V0).
> But Gizmodo suggests it could have spread due to flammable acoustic foam and suggested that the facility probably lacked in a sprinkler system that most high-end data centers in the US would have as standard<p>Are sprinkler systems in data centers really the standard? How well does standard server hardware operate after contact with water from the sprinkler system?<p>I work at a company that runs a data center that has a nitrogen-based fire suppression system, so that the servers can continue to run uninterrupted. That sounds a lot more expensive, but also seems to make more sense to me.