Athletic Club/Sports Facility, Other Business Palm Desert, CA – Sprinkler system limits spread of laundry fire at country club January 27, 2015 viking210 An aggressive response by firefighters and an automatic sprinkler system helped minimize damage from a fire that broke out in the laundry area of a local country club, Riverside County fire officials said Monday. The blaze was limited to a dryer in the clubhouse laundry room, and no injuries were reported. Fire crews responded to a report of a commercial structure fire at 76300 block of Country Club Drive at 4:35 p.m. Sunday, according to firefighters. Damage was estimated at $5,000. Arriving units reported smoke coming from the attic area of the two- story, 18,000-square-foot building.
