Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Rutland, VT – Sprinklers knock down fire in apartment building for elderly and disabled May 10, 2016 viking210 Four people were transported to the hospital and ten people are displaced after a multi-unit apartment fire in Rutland Saturday. Rutland Deputy Fire Chief Jim Miles says the call came in just after 4pm from Bardwell House, a multi-unit apartment building for the elderly and people who are handicapped. The cause of the fire was related to cooking. The fire was contained to one apartment and was mostly taken down by sprinklers, officials say. That apartment sustained fire damage. Four people were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Nine other rooms sustained severe water damage by the sprinkler system, according to Deputy Chief Miles. The New Hampshire/Vermont region of the American Red Cross is assisting those affected.
