Sprinkler System Douses Kitchen Fire in Woodbridge Townhouse

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An indoor sprinkler system extinguished a fire that broke out Sunday evening in the kitchen of a Woodbridge townhouse, according to the Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue.

The fire displaced two adults and five children and caused about $10,000 in damage, but the sprinkler system prevented further damage, the fire department said. Smoke alarms alerted the residents to the fire, and they all safely evacuated the home.

Fire and rescue units were dispatched at about 7 p.m. Sunday to the fire at the townhouse, in the 2700 block of Corbin Court, near Route 1 in Woodbridge. Upon arrival, they discovered the kitchen fire had been contained by the home’s sprinkler system, the fire department said. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze.

The fire is currently under investigation by the Fire Marshal’s Office.

The Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue would like to remind the community that smoke alarms save lives, and when a home contains both working smoke alarms and a home fire-sprinkler system, you increase your chances of surviving a fire by 82 percent.