Apartment Building, Residential Deck fire at apartment complex extinguished by sprinkler system (Oak Harbor, WA) September 15, 2014 viking210 No injuries were reported as result of a minor deck fire in Oak Harbor Thursday afternoon. The fire was caused by discarded smoking materials, according to Oak Harbor Fire Department Chief Ray Merrill. The sprinkler system went off and extinguished the fire before it could get inside the apartment complex. “The fire sprinkler system did its job,” Merrill said. Damage to the deck was minor.
