Apartment Building, Residential Campbell River, BC, Canada – Storage locker fire at apartment building knocked down with help from sprinkler system July 8, 2016 viking210 No injuries were reported, but there is smoke and water damage in a storage locker room and adjacent living units after a fire in a multi-unit apartment building in the 300 block of Dogwood St. on Tuesday. “At 9:45 a.m., Campbell River fire crews responded to a report of alarms ringing and fire inside a multi-unit apartment building, and they arrived to find a smoke-filled hallway on the first floor with an active fire inside a storage locker room at the end of that hallway,” deputy fire chief Chris Vrabel said in a press release. “A water sprinkler suppression system had activated and prevented a much more serious situation, which enabled the entry crew to quickly knock down the remaining fire.” The majority of residents were allowed back into the building by 11:30 a.m. The cause of the fire is still under investigation at this time.
