YFD respond to apartment fire

The Yuma Fire Department responded to an apartment fire Tuesday morning that was extinguished by a fire sprinkler.

YFD said just before 10 a.m. firefighters arrived to find an extinguished fire that started on the stove top due to an unattended pan of oil.

YFD said the sprinkler head was shut down by YFD personnel who also confirmed the fire was extinguished and had not spread. Firefighters worked quickly to vent the heat/smoke from the apartment and remove the water that had been released during the activation.

Most house fires start in the kitchen and the stove top is the most common place for these fires to start.

Due to the sprinkler system quickly extinguishing this fire, the fire damage was limited to soot stains on the wall behind the stove and heat damage to hood above the stove, according to YFD.

YFD states that fire sprinkler systems can keep fires from spreading and can also extinguish them and how fire spreads quickly and can double in size every minute.

Even small fires can cause damage to property and endanger those nearby.