While he was gone, the space heater caught an adjacent chair on fire, Spaulding said.
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Lansdale, PA – No injuries as sprinkler system contains third-floor apartment fire
“The fire marshal is still investigating the cause,” Sharkey said.
He said the fire was isolated to the corner kitchen island.
“The sprinkler system did a good job in containing the fire,” he said.
Three windows were broken out to ventilate the fire and smoke.
“Smoke had banked down to about a foot off the ground,” he said.
The fire was knocked down within five minutes, he said.
“The neighbor called it in,” he said.
The entire 500 building — 18 apartments in all — were evacuated.
Indiana, PA – Kitchen fire at off-campus apartment complex extinguished by sprinkler system
Denmark, WI – Sprinkler system prevents spread of early morning apartment fire
Payson, AZ – Grease fire in apartment complex suppressed by single sprinkler
Binghamton, NY – Apartment fire contained to one unit with help from sprinkler system
Katy, TX – (No Media Coverage) – No injuries at apartment complex as sprinkler system limits fire to one unit
*** NO MEDIA COVERAGE – FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED *** A fire occurred at the Westgreen Apartments in the 500 block of Westgreen in Katy, TX (unincorporated Harris County). A grease fire caused the activation of one sprinkler head in the kitchen. Fire damage was limited, and contained to the one unit. One sprinkler head completely extinguished the fire, and no injuries were reported.
Jersey City, NJ – Fire in compactor shaft at high-rise apartment building put out with help from sprinkler system
The sprinkler in the shaft activated to help extinguish the fire, Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill added. The residents on the first and second floor evacuated the building, but there were no injuries and the fire was brought under control in about 20
minutes. All tenants returned to their apartments, Morrill said.
The fire reached a second alarm because the building is a high-rise, Morrill said.