Sprinkler system extinguishes apartment fire in Portsmouth, three displaced

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Three people are displaced following a fire at an apartment building in Portsmouth on Sunday afternoon.

At approximately 5:05 p.m., Portsmouth Emergency Communications was notified of a multifamily structure fire in the 200 block of Bedford Court.

Crews arrived to find the sprinkler system activated on the third floor, which contained and extinguished the fire to the stove.

The three residents were displaced in result of the water flow.

There were no injuries reported.

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