A sprinkler system at a Lancaster Township apartment complex may have saved lives and property on Wednesday morning, according to a report by WGAL.
Firefighters were called to an apartment complex on Dickens Drive at around 7:15 a.m. for a fire that started in a microwave in an upstairs unit and spread to the cabinets above, according to the report.
The fire was extinguished by the apartmentâs sprinkler system before fire crews arrived, WGAL said.
A resident set off the fire alarm and got other residents out of the building safely, according go the report. No injuries. No loss of life. No injuries to firefighters, and it was a very minor incident that without the sprinklers would have become a very major incident, Lancaster Township Fire Chief Steven Roy told WGAL.
Updated: 12:49 PM EDT May 12, 2021 Investigators say a sprinkler system may have saved lives and property in Lancaster County.Crews were called around 7:15 a.m. Wednesday to Dickens Drive in Lancaster Township for a fire that started in a microwave and spread to the cabinets above.The apartment resident set off the fire alarm and got other residents out of the building.The sprinkler system put out the fire before crews arrived. No injuries. No loss of life. No injuries to firefighters, and it was a very minor incident that without the sprinklers would have become a very major incident, Lancaster Township Fire Chief Steven Roy said.Fire damage was limited to the upstairs apartment where it started. There was water damage to units below.