Apartment Building, Residential Sprinkler system extinguishes apartment fire (Columbia, MD) February 4, 2013 viking210 Shortly before 8 p.m., Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue units responded to an automatic fire alarm. Responders found there had been a flash fire in the dining room of a third floor apartment. Officials said the fire caused a sprinkler to activate, and the blaze was extinguished.
