Apartment Building, Residential Sioux City, IA – Apartment bedroom fire extinguished by single sprinkler July 6, 2016 viking210 An apartment sprinkler was able to extinguish a small fire in a Sioux City apartment complex Friday night prior to the arrival of firefighters, officials say. According to a Sioux City Fire Rescue news release, firefighters responded to an alarm at Prestwick Apartments, 4230 Hickory Lane, shortly before 10 p.m. Friday. After investigating, firefighters located a single sprinkler head spraying water in a bedroom in one of the apartments. Firefighters stopped the water and found remains of a small fire that had occurred on the dresser, the release said. The occupant of the apartment was not home. Upon investigation, the firefighters traced the source of the fire to an unattended candle. Damage was limited to the top of the dresser and a television near the candle, the release said. Officials say sprinklers in buildings significantly reduce fire loss and deaths.
