DERRY, N.H. (AP) A sprinkler system has saved the life of a teenage girl inside a house in Derry during a fire in the attached garage.

The Derry Fire Department says it received calls from neighbors reporting the garage fire Monday evening.

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Firefighters arrived to find flames engulfing the two-car garage and beginning to spread into the 2 1/2-story wood-frame home. They say the garage collapsed with big parts of the roof intact, making it more difficult to put out the flames.

A 14-year-old girl was home at the time. Firefighters say a sprinkler head between the garage and the home unleashed water, preventing most of the fire from spreading.

The girl scrambled from the homes basement and made it out through the front door.

Firefighters say the fire would have blocked her exit without the sprinkler system. They say no one was injured.

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Fire destroys garage; sprinkler saves teen girl in basement

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