Adult Care/Rehab Center, Hospital/Care Facility Kenosha, WI – Cooking fire at care center put out with help from sprinkler system January 4, 2017 viking210 Residents of a care center displaced by water damage from a sprinkler system were able to move back into the facility Tuesday evening. According to a spokesman from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, residents of the Kenosha Care Center I, 6024 18th Ave., were housed at the Dayton Care Center, 521 59th St., during the day on Tuesday. They were allowed to move back into their residence after 7 p.m. on Tuesday.Operators of the Care Center could not be reached for comment. According to the Kenosha Fire Department, a kitchen stove was being used for heat in the facility, and that set off the sprinkler system at about 5 a.m. Tuesday. The fire department estimated that about 15 people were temporarily displaced. Some reportedly made temporary use of a bus provided while firefighters dealt with the initial fire call in order to stay out of the weather. According to state records, the facility, which appears from the street to be a typical two-story home. It is licensed to care for up to 21 residents, and to care for people who are developmentally or physically disabled, terminally ill, mentally ill, suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, or people in transition from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
