Other Business St. Cloud, MN – Sprinkler system controls fire at laundry business until crews arrive March 6, 2015 viking210 The St. Cloud Fire Department responded to a fire call at Ameripride early Friday morning. A fire was found in a pile of laundry. The fire was being controlled by the fire sprinkler system when crews arrived. A fire suppression systems alerted the department just after midnight at the textile rental services and supply company at 6500 Sauk View Drive, Battalion Chief Jerry Raymond said. Crews ventilated smoke from the building and extinguished the fire. Damage is estimated to be about $2,000 for the pile of linen and the smoke that filled the building. No one was in the building at the time and there were no injuries. The cause was determined to be accidental from overheating of a pile of cloths, according to the fire department. Crews were on the scene for about an hour and a half.
