Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential Sacramento, CA – Sprinkler system slows spread of fire that started in electric player piano November 10, 2016 viking210 A fire that is believed to have begun in an electric player piano at a senior assisted living center in south Sacramento led to four residents being taken to the hospital. The fire suppression sprinkler system slowed the spread of the small blaze, but smoke filled parts of the Regency Place assisted living center, 8190 Arroyo Vista Drive, about 1 a.m. Thursday. Residents had to be helped from the smoky center in the Valley Hi neighborhood. “The fire stayed confined to the piano and the general area around it,” said Sacramento fire Capt. Dave Lauchner. “It was controlled by the fire sprinkler and extinguished by the first crews.” The piano was in the front area of the assisted living center, Lauchner said. “The main problem was not so much fire, but the smoke that filled the place up, including the hallways,” Lauchner said. “After putting out the fire, we had to get people out. I believe four went to the hospital. There were different injuries. All minor.” Lauchner said the fire eventually went to two alarms to bring enough firefighters to help with building evacuation.
