Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Ellicott City, MD – Fire at assisted living facility quickly controlled with help from sprinkler system March 29, 2019 viking210 There was an apartment fire in Ellicott City Monday at an assisted living facility, according to officials. It was quickly controlled with help from sprinklers, authorities said. Fire broke out in a second-floor apartment at Selborne House in the 5300 block of Dorsey Hall Drive, the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services reported on Monday, March 25. A sprinkler controlled the flames, and firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze, officials reported; it was out by 6 p.m.