Residential, Residential High Rise Hamilton, ON, Canada – Fire in garbage chute at high rise apartment building extinguished by sprinklers April 1, 2015 viking210 Residents were evacuated from a downtown apartment building for about half-an-hour Monday to allow Hamilton firefighters to deal with a fire in the garbage chute. Firefighters were called to 150 Sanford Avenue North shortly after 8:30 p.m. Monday. Fire department spokesperson Claudio Mostacci said by the time firefighters had arrived, the sprinkler system had extinguished the fire. The service sent 11 vehicles to the scene. Some firefighters remained on the scene to deal with possible “hot spots” in the garbage. Mostacci said no one was hurt and there was no damage. While he could not say what caused the fire, Mostacci said the fires are often started by people accidentally throwing cigarette ashes down the chute. He reminds tenants in apartment buildings to be careful.
