By PAT GROSSMITH – The Union Leader
MANCHESTER – An early warning smoke alarm system, along with sprinklers, are being credited with containing a fire this morning to a ground floor bedroom in an Eastern Avenue apartment building.
District Chief Vinny Toland said when the fire alarm sounded inside 207 Eastern Ave. at Hillview Apartments, it automatically alerted an alarm company which immediately called the fire department.
Additionally, he said the building was constructed to meet modern building codes and has sprinklers throughout it. As a result, when firefighters arrived, sprinklers had pretty much doused all the flames.
The fire was reported at 7:51 a.m. It was completely out 10 minutes after fire crews were on the scene.
David Bouthiette, a maintenance worker at the apartment complex, said the fire alarm system worked as designed: The alarms sounded, people evacuated and the sprinkler system went off.
“It saved the whole apartment and saved the building,” he said.
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