Apartment Building, Residential St. Cloud, MN – Apartment kitchen fire put out by sprinkler system; No injuries November 30, 2016 viking210 A kitchen fire Sunday displaced residents of an apartment in Germain Towers in downtown St. Cloud. The St. Cloud Fire Department was called to the apartments at 905 St. Germain St. shortly before 8:30 p.m. The occupant was cooking and a grease fire started on the stove, acting Battalion Chief Mitch Peterson reported. A nearby sprinkler was activated and put out the fire. No one was injured. The occupants of the affected unit were displaced, but all other residents were allowed to return to their apartments. Water damage from the sprinklers extended through the first, second and third floors, Peterson reported. The damage is estimated at $25,000.
