Apartment Building, Residential Lyons, NY – Sprinkler system activated for mattress fire in apartment building March 13, 2019 viking210 A New York woman was arrested Sunday after she tried to kill a bed bug and set off her apartment building’s sprinkler system. Wayne County Sheriff’s deputies said Jacquline Lynch, 39, was in her apartment Sunday morning when she tried to kill a bed bug using a lighter. Lynch allegedly put a lighter on a mattress to kill a bug after her uncle had sprayed areas of the apartment with alcohol. The mattress caught fire, setting off the sprinkler system and damaging the inside of her apartment, as well as several others in the building. Lynch was arrested and charged with fourth-degree arson. She was issued an appearance ticket and released.
