Apartment Building, Residential Rockford, IL – Sprinklers knock down apartment kitchen fire; No injuries and only minor damage reported October 22, 2015 viking210 Sprinklers knocked down and contained a kitchen fire that broke out in an apartment located in the 10-unit Riverside Apartments building at 3701 Trilling Ave. A resident in a first-floor apartment fell asleep while cooking. Food caught fire on the stove, activating smoke detectors and a sprinkler system, Rockford Fire Department District Chief Charles Barnes said. “The sprinklers stopped it fast,” Barnes said. Heavy smoke, fire and the sprinkler apparently forced the resident to climb out his window which overlooks the parking lot of the apartment building. No injuries to residents or firefighters were reported, Barnes said. “There was minor damage,” Barnes said. “The water damage from the sprinkler head, the sprinkler took out the fire so we didn’t have any fire extension. The maintenance people here are going to get it all back in service.”
