Fire Sprinkler Prevents Furnace Fire in Palatine Apartment Complex

January 18, 2022

PALATINE, IL – A fire sprinkler prevented a furnace fire from spreading in an apartment in Palatine. When firefighters arrived at the 40-unit multi-family complex, they found a sprinkler activated after a furnace overheated in a second-floor unit.

 

“If not for the 13R sprinkler system, we have no doubt that this would [have] progressed to a structure fire as no one was home,” said Palatine Fire Marshal Jay Atherton.

 

It is estimated that more than $200,000 was saved in damages. No injuries were reported.

 

Source:   Fire Marshal Jay Atherton, Palatine Fire Department