Apartment Building, Residential Canton, OH – Sprinkler system assists firefighters in extinguishing apartment building laundry fire February 9, 2017 viking210 Residents of a building in the Mayfield Manor Apartments were displaced by a laundry room fire Saturday afternoon. The fire started inside a clothes dryer in a common laundry area on the fourth floor of 3830 11th St. SW. Cause of the fire remains under investigation. Firefighters were called to the complex at 1:39 p.m. Firefighters were told that people were trapped in the building and unable to see through smoke to escape. Crews found smoke had filled the fourth floor. Firefighters helped about 40 residents out of the building – starting with the fourth floor – into one of the adjacent apartment buildings. The smoke activated the buildings sprinkler system, which helped firefighters as they put out the fire. One resident was taken by paramedics to a local hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. Firefighters had to shut down electrical service to the building because the sprinkler system had been activated. Residents had to remain out of the building until service was restored. Damage is estimated at $20,000 to the structure and $10,000 to contents because of the fire, smoke and water damage.
