Sprinklers that doused small apt fire cause $135K in damages
Fire reported in 7600 block of Palmilla Drive
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Posted: 11/28/2012
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SAN DIEGO - A fire broke out Wednesday in the kitchen of a University City apartment, activating the building's sprinklers and resulting in around $135,000 in damage, fire officials said.
The sprinklers put the fire out before firefighters reached the four- story building at 7689 Palmilla Drive around 12:30 a.m., a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department dispatcher said.
Most of the $100,000 in property damage and the $35,000 in damage to the contents was caused by water from the building's sprinklers, the dispatcher said.
Five adults and a child were displaced, he said.
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