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In the early morning hours of
September 27th, the Columbia
Fire Department was dispatched
to a reported structure fire at
200 McMeen Drive, a 3-story
apartment building.
First-arriving units were met
with evacuating occupants and
reports of visible fire in one
of the apartments.
Investigation revealed that a
small fire had occurred, but had
been extinguished by the
building's fire sprinkler
system.
The fire, which originated from
a box fan, was contained to the
table on which the fan was
sitting. Water damage was
limited to two of the apartment
units. Without the
presence of a fire sprinkler
system, the damage from the fire
and fire suppression efforts
would have far exceeded the
water damage that did occur.
There were no reports of injury
to occupants or firefighters.
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