No flames, no fire, no news: what happens when sprinklers in an apartment project put out the fire

CECIL COUNTY, MD (June 24, 2014) – Deputy State Fire Marshals responded to the Fairgreen Senior Community at 100 Greenway in Perryville for a reported kitchen fire inside the 4-story structure.

An automatic alarm was activated at 6:46 p.m. when one fire sprinkler activated and extinguished the fire on the stove in apartment 402 with minimal fire damage.