Apartment Building, Residential Bremerton, WA – Apartment fire caused by cigarette extinguished with help from sprinkler system January 9, 2017 viking210 A cigarette likely is the cause of a small fire that evacuated the Firs apartment complex Tuesday night, according to Bremerton firefighters. Crews were called to the 60-unit complex, at 183 Russell Road, about 8:45 p.m. and found the fire already mostly out. The building has a fire sprinkler system, which, with the help of a resident with an extinguisher, snuffed the flames. No injuries were reported. Residents took shelter in surrounding housing complexes as well as within Kitsap Transit buses called in to assist. The Bremerton Fire Marshal’s Office continues to investigate the fire, but it appears a cigarette in one room lit a bag, which ignited a couch, firefighters said.
