Apartment Building, Residential Fayetteville, NC – Another off-campus apartment saved from fire by sprinkler system March 4, 2015 viking210 Four Fayetteville State University students were displaced Tuesday evening after the stove in their apartment caught fire, activating the sprinkler system, which then extinguished the blaze. Firefighters were dispatched at 6:56 p.m. to 1302 Coley Drive at University Apartments, off Murchison Road adjoining Fayetteville State University, according to a news release from the Fayetteville Fire Department. When firefighters arrived, they didn’t see any visible fire from outside and saw the residents had begun to evacuate. The sprinkler system contained the fire to just the stove. Firefighters were able to stop the flow of water from the sprinkler head while salvaging property and removing the smoke, the release said. The apartment received light damage from the water and smoke. Firefighters restored the fire protection system and assisted the university in finding housing for the four students. There were no injuries reported, the release said. The three-story building contains 24 apartments.
