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Fire extinguished by sprinklers at high rise (Fargo, ND)

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An unattended lit candle was the culprit for the fire which began in a 15th floor apartment on Tuesday, December 16. According to reports, the resident discovered the fire when she re-entered her bedroom; the fire had ignited her pillow and bedspread. The resident attempted to put out the flames on her own with no success. The room’s fire sprinkler system activated from the heat of the fire and put out the blaze before fire crews arrived. No injuries occurred in the entire situation.

** Blog Editor’s Note – Please let us know what you think of the coverage by the INFORUM and Archie Ingersoll, who focused on water damage rather than the lives and property saved by the automatic fire sprinkler system**

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  1. Typical media focus on the wrong thing. I find it ironic to read the in the next days paper about other area fires where people are now homeless and property completely destroyed. The water damage in the high-rise must not have been that bad, if every person when home that night except in the fire unit. No mention of course of the enormous danger and effort required of the FD to extinguish a full-fledged fire in a high-rise. Could have been a multi-million dollar fire with injuries.

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