Apartment Building, Residential Madison, WI – Residents and pets evacuated safely as sprinkler system tackles apartment cooking fire April 1, 2017 viking210 A kitchen fire in a third-floor apartment displaced four people from an apartment building in the 8300 block of Flagstone Drive on the Far West Side Monday evening, according to a Madison Fire Department report. The fire began after a resident walked away from the stove where oil was heating in a covered pot, the report said. When the resident returned, flames were coming out from under the lid of the pot and a fireball rose to the ceiling after he removed the lid. That prompted the automatic sprinklers to deploy, according to the report. The combination of sprinkler water and grease initially caused the fire to spread, but the sprinkler eventually extinguishd the fire, the report said. The fire was already extinguished by the time Madison firefighters arrived, the report said. All occupants and their dogs were able to safely evacuate and nobody was injured. Damage was estimated at $12,000, the report said.
