Apartment Building, Residential Arlington, TX – Sprinkler system extinguishes apartment kitchen fire; No injuries reported March 2, 2017 viking210 Residents of the Centennial Court apartments complex were evacuated when a small cooking fire occurred at about 1 p.m. Tuesday at 717 W. Mitchell Circle on the second floor. The sprinkler system extinguished the kitchen fire prior to Arlington Fire Department’s arrival, Fire Lt. David Tyler said. Tyler said there was one person in the apartment at the time, and she escaped without injury. The apartments experienced minimal fire damage, but also sustained water damage from the sprinkler system that extends to the first floor, Tyler said. Residents were let back into their apartments at about 1:40 p.m. after the firefighters finished their inspection. Cost of repair for damages is currently unknown. Centennial Court apartments staff didn’t get back to The Shorthorn before publish time.
