Apartment Building, Residential Kelowna, BC, Canada – Apartment balcony fire extinguished by sprinkler system October 13, 2017 viking210 Deputy Fire Chief Chris Forster says it is suspected the fire started when a cigarette butt was disposed of in a planter on the balcony by a resident at about 2:30 a.m. The peat in the planter ignited shortly before 5 a.m. “But the good part of it is — and we are very big advocates of, not all buildings have them — is sprinklers on balconies,” he said. “The sprinkler activated and extinguished the fire as the guys got on scene. We didn’t actually spray any of our water on it.” The fire caused significant damage to the balcony and vinyl siding, but was contained to that area.
