Place of Worship Cedar City, UT – Kitchen fire in LDS chapel is “mostly extinguished” by automatic sprinkler system October 22, 2018 viking210 The fire department was called out around 4:40 p.m. by an alarm company that notified dispatch that the inside sprinklers had been activated in an LDS chapel located on 3800 West Cody Drive. “We get false alarms all the time,” Phillips said. “But this time, it was that the sprinklers had gone off, so it was either that one of the sprinklers broke or there was a fire, and we haven’t had enough cold days for the pipes to freeze. So, when I got here I circled the building, did my 360 and there wasn’t any smoke. Then I gained access inside and there was the smoke.” The sprinklers largely extinguished the flames before crews even arrived on scene. “The sprinklers did exactly what they were supposed to do. They keep the fire in check until we get there and put it out,” Phillips said. “There was a little bit of smoldering that the crews had to deal with but that’s it.” The fire originated in the kitchen, but the cause is still under investigation.
