Residential complex fire put out with help from fire sprinkler system (Winooski, VT)

The Winooski Fire Department was called to a fire reported in a second floor unit of a condominium complex on Thursday, November 21. The resident of the unit had been smoking a cigarette, which had then started a fire on the mattress.  “The sprinkler system, because it was a sprinkler building, it was able to keep the fire in check. So by the time they arrived on scene, most of the fire was out, and they used a dry chemical to extinguish the rest of the fire,” Winooski Assistant Fire Chief Erika Bailey explained.  There were no injuries reported from the incident.