Apartment Building, Residential Petersborough, ON, Canada – Garbage chute fire at apartment building kept in check by sprinkler system August 27, 2016 viking210 A fire in a garbage bin at an apartment building caused $500 damage and prompted an evacuation of the building. Peterborough Fire service responded quickly to alarm bells ringing at a high-rise building at 909 Clonsilla Ave. this afternoon. Upon arrival it was determined that a garbage bin under the building’s garbage chute was on fire. This activated the sprinkler system which controlled the fire until fire crews extinguished the fire. Smoke had spread throughout the building and crews were able to remove it. The building tenants had evacuated the building upon hearing the alarms ringing. The cause of the fire is undetermined, said acting platoon chief Lloyd Dozois.
