Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Zelienople, PA – Sprinklers douse fire at retirement center; No injuries December 20, 2016 viking210 An apartment building sprinkler system doused an electrical fire early Wednesday morning before it spread. Chief Scott Garing of the Harmony Fire District said the fire ignited in apartment 234 in the Blue Spruce neighborhood of the Passavant Retirement Community on Burgess Drive. “It was a power supply for an electrical device,” Garing said. He said the female occupant, whose name was unavailable, was sleeping in the living room when the fire started in the bedroom. After responding to the 12:36 a.m. 911 call, firefighters checked the attic and walls to ensure all the flames were extinguished. Garing credited the building staff for evacuating roughly 50 residents from their apartments to a central room behind fire doors in the building. He said when the safety of occupants already is addressed, crews can immediately focus on fire suppression. Garing said the apartment and one below it sustained water damage. The Adams Area, Cranberry Township and Evans City volunteer fire departments assisted the Harmony Fire District. The Harmony and Cranberry Township ambulance services also responded. Fire crews cleared the scene at 2:25 a.m.
