Apartment Building, Residential Racine, WI – Sprinkler system contains apartment fire after magazine fell on unattended candle March 8, 2017 viking210 At least two tenants were displaced from the Lincoln School Apartments after a fire Thursday evening. The fire at 1130 Carlisle Avenue was reported at 6:27 p.m., according to a news release from the Racine Fire Department. The fire was reportedly caused by a magazine falling onto a candle. A resident was reportedly sitting in her recliner when the magazine fell from her chair onto the candle that she had sitting on a metal tray on the floor next to her. The paper from the magazine ignited, setting the chair on fire. The woman was able to evacuate without injury, alarms notified the other residents of the building and the sprinkler system contained the fire until the Fire Department could extinguish it, according to the release. The residents had to wait to return to their apartments until the alarm and sprinkler system were back in service.
