RESIDENTS AT A PRESCOTT VALLEY TRIPLEX ARE COUNTING THEIR BLESSINGS AFTER A FIRE WAS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED LATE SUNDAY EVENING.

A CALL CAME IN JUST BEFORE 10 P.M. OF A REPORTED STRUCTURE FIRE WITH FLAMES SHOWING IN THE BACK OF A TRIPLEX APARTMENT BUILDING ON SPOUSE DRIVE.

THE INITIAL CENTRAL ARIZONA FIRE AND MEDICAL AUTHORITY (CAFMA) CREW ON-SCENE FOUND FIRE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING AND  HAD JUST EXTENDED INTO THE LIVING AREA OF ONE OF THE APARTMENTS. FIREFIGHTERS ACHIEVED A QUICK KNOCK DOWN, AIDED BY THE APARTMENT’S RESIDENTIAL FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM WHICH LIMITED FIRE DAMAGE TO THE INSIDE OF THE APARTMENT.

THE OCCUPANT OF THE DAMAGED APARTMENT WAS DISPLACED AND IS RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM THE ARIZONA CRISIS TEAM (ACT) AND THE RED CROSS.

THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.