Apartment Building, Residential Gainesville, FL – Fire at off-campus apartment building extinguished with help from sprinkler system March 2, 2015 viking210 A fire at southwest Gainesville apartment complex that began under a television was extinguished Saturday afternoon before it had spread to other areas, reported Gainesville Fire Rescue. Acting Chief Don Campbell credited the sprinkler system and the quick response of firefighters in keeping the fire in check. The fire was reported about 12:10 p.m. at Campus Club Apartments at 3700 SW 40th Blvd., according to a GFR press release. Firefighters arrived to find smoke coming from an apartment and forced entry into it. They found that two sprinkler heads had activated. A small fire was in the entertainment center under the TV. Firefighters finished extinguishing the fire. No one was home at the time. “This fire would have definitely been bigger, with the potential for extension into the rest of the building,” Chief Campbell said in the release.
