Apartment Building, Residential Fargo, ND – Apartment kitchen fire quickly extinguished by sprinkler system; No injuries April 12, 2016 viking210 Firefighters here responded to a call at about 10:15 a.m. Friday, April 8, at The Fargoan building at 319 Broadway. Residents were evacuated as the Fire Department worked to clear smoke from the building, but no one was injured in the incident, according to Craig Nelson, battalion chief with the Fargo Fire Department. Upon arrival, firefighters found a fire located in the kitchen area inside one of the units. Nelson said the building’s sprinkler system quickly put the fire in a second-floor unit of the building. Firefighters used a hand line to extinguish the remaining fire. No one was injured, including a number of pets reported to be in apartment units. That was a relief to Katie Perleberg, who anxiously watched from across the street as firefighters cleared smoke from the building and helped nearby businesses clean up water that had poured down from the floor above them. Nelson said at about 10:25 a.m. that Broadway would likely be closed for about an hour as crews continued to clear the building of smoke and water. Water from the sprinkler system caused damage to the three businesses located on the lower level of the complex. Crews helped those businesses contain the water and relocate some merchandise. He said the cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known. The total cost of the fire loss is unknown at this time.
