August 2020

PALATINE, IL (August 27, 2020) – A single fire sprinkler extinguished a clothes dryer fire in a first floor unit at an apartment building at 1205 N. Sterling Avenue in Palatine.

When Palatine fire crews arrived at the scene, they found smoke and water in the hallway. Inside the unit, crews confirmed that one fire sprinkler extinguished the fire. The fire was caused by lint build up in the dryer.

According to a press release from the Palatine Fire Department, fire sprinklers are highly effective and reliable elements of a total fire protection system. When fire sprinklers are present, fires are kept to the room of origin 97 percent of the time (U.S. Experience With Sprinklers, NFPA report, 2017), including this apartment fire.

There were no injuries.

Source: Palatine, IL Patch and Journal-Topics.com