Apartment Building, Residential Allentown, PA – Apartment kitchen fire in city center building is knocked down by sprinkler system July 19, 2018 viking210 A fire in center city Allentown Wednesday morning was quickly brought under control. The call came in shortly after 9 a.m. for a fire in a third-floor apartment in the 600 block of Hamilton Street. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke on the building’s third floor, according to a crew on the scene. The apartment’s sprinkler system knocked down the fire and contained the fire damage to the kitchen. The apartment sustained smoke, water and heat damage. A second-floor apartment and the first-floor commercial space also sustained some water damage. No injuries were reported.
