Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Mt. Juliet, TN – Sprinkler system contains fire at nursing home February 5, 2019 viking210 Mt. Juliet firefighters went to a late-night kitchen fire at Mt. Juliet Nursing and Rehabilitation on Thursday after the commercial fire alarm and water-flow alarm system alerted them. Emergency crews responded to the fire at about 10:40 p.m. at 2650 N. Mt. Juliet Road and found fire in a trashcan and several boxes in the nursing facility’s kitchen. The facility’s sprinkler system contained the fire, and responding firefighters used a 2.5-gallon water extinguisher to finish the job. Firefighters checked each room of the facility to ensure there was no additional fire or smoke, and they found the facility was safe with no injuries reported. No residents were evacuated, and the facility remained safe and operational after crews left the scene. Mt. Juliet police and Wilson Emergency Management Agency paramedics also went to the nursing home. Mt. Juliet firefighters said the cause of the fire remained under investigation.
