Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Randolph, NJ – Laundry fire at assisted living home extinguished by sprinkler system August 7, 2016 viking210 A small dryer fire at an assisted living home forced residents out of the building for about an hour Thursday evening, according to officials. At about 7 p.m. Thursday, firefighters responded to Bright View Randolph, an independent and assisted living home located between Quaker Church Road and Route 10, for a report of a fire, Fire Official Richard Briant said. The fire originated in a basement dryer located in one of the senior living facility’s buildings and was extinguished by a sprinkler before officials arrived on scene, Briant said. The fire was contained to the dryer itself, with no additional smoke or fire damage caused to the surrounding area, Briant said. Residents and employees evacuated the building as a precaution, but were able to re-enter by 8 p.m. No injuries were reported and a specific cause of the fire was not determined. An employee at Bright View said everything was operating normally Friday morning.
