PLEASANT VIEW, Tenn. (WKRN) — Pleasant View firefighters praised the effectiveness of sprinklers after just one managed to stop a fire from spreading into an apartment where a family was sleeping inside.
According to the Pleasant View Volunteer Fire Department , shortly before 3:45 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25, units responded to a call in the 200 block of Village Square at a multi-use commercial space, which has businesses on first and second floors and residential space on the third floor.
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Officials said the fire broke out in a chair on the second floor, where a load of sheets used on massage tables were piled up after coming out of a hot dryer. The combination of the massage oils and the heat caused a fire to ignite after smoldering.
The department reported a family was fast asleep in the third floor apartment, but a single fire sprinkler activated and brought the blaze occurring in the commercial space below under control, saving multiple lives .