Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Abingdon, VA – Sprinkler system helps extinguish fire at retirement home October 26, 2016 viking210 A man was taken to the hospital Friday morning after his apartment in a retirement home in Abingdon, Va. caught fire. News 5 learned it happened just before 7 a.m. at the Green Spring Retirement Home. The man was taken to the hospital for observation. The Green Spring Volunteer Fire Department chief said they believe the fire was caused by a rag left on the stove. The fire quickly spread to other appliances causing an estimated $35,000 in damages. The activation of a sprinkler system helped crews put out the fire quickly.
