Apartment Building, Residential Frederick, MD – Laundry fire at apartment building put out with help from sprinkler system; No injuries reported December 3, 2018 viking210 Three people were displaced last Wednesday evening after a clothes dryer caught fire in an apartment in the Francis Scott Key apartment building, officials said. Just after 6 p.m., multiple fire departments responded to the apartment at 31 W. Patrick St. in downtown Frederick, and the fire was quickly put out with the help of the building’s sprinkler system. No injuries were reported, according to Deputy Chief Jerry Dorsey with United Fire Co. The fourth-floor apartment sustained significant water damage, as well as the two apartments directly below it on the third and second floors, Dorsey said. The American Red Cross was called to assist the three displaced residents. Dorsey said two of the residents went to stay with family. Independent Hose Co., Westview Fire Station, Junior Fire Co., Fort Detrick Fire Department and Spring Ridge Fire Station also assisted in putting out the blaze.
