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News brief: Sprinkler stops fire

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Staff

A sprinkler head extinguished a bedroom fire in Carolina Springs Apartments on Hwy. 54 last week, prior to the arrival of Carrboro Fire-Rescue.

Fire personnel were called to the scene for a structure fire in a second-floor apartment, where a mattress had burned. The apartment’s sprinkler system had completely extinguished the fire and the unit was filled with heavy smoke when firefighters arrived.

Carolina Springs, an independent-living facility, is home to nearly 150 elderly residents. All of the occupants were safely evacuated. Damage is estimated at $45,000.

1 thought on “News brief: Sprinkler stops fire”

  1. Gregory Lake says:
    September 3, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    Please add the name of your State on your main page. I have no idea where Carrboro is. I found your site through a search of care facility fires on the internet.

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