Sprinkler system helps save retirement home from fire, no injuries (Kennewick, WA)

Several local fire crews were called to the Hawthorne Court retirement home at about 7PM Sunday night due to a fire in the J wing of the facility. When crews arrived, there was black smoke coming from the building, but the building's sprinkler system held the fire in check until firefighters could put it out. The fire may have started near a wall mounted air conditioning unit.