Crown Mill Lofts apartment avoids major fire because of sprinklers

Crown Mill Lofts Apartment Fire / City of Dalton

DALTON, Ga. (WDEF) —  An apartment as Crown Mill Lofts avoided a potentially terrible situation thanks to the installed sprinkler system.

The fire was started in an electrical outlet while the resident was out, Tuesday.

According to the city of Dalton, the sprinkler system limited the damage to a burnt dresser, a scorched drywall, and water damage.

“It’s a textbook example of why sprinkler systems are important.  He’s using the incident as a reminder of the importance of making sure sprinkler systems are in good working order.  Those are concrete floors (in the apartment) but if I’m not mistaken there’s a lot of heavy timber in there…they may have put concrete over the timber…but you had the potential of another Thread Mill-style fire with that building.  Other than some water damage to some apartments below it, there was minimal damage.”

“There was a dog and two cats in the apartment, and all those survived.”

-Dalton Fire Marshal Donnie Blankenship