Sprinkler in downtown apartment extinguishes kitchen fire

A sprinkler system in a downtown Charleston apartment extinguished a kitchen fire Sunday. Officials say it is the second time in two weeks a fire at an apartment has been extinguised by a sprinkler.

A small kitchen fire was extinguished Sunday after it set off an apartment sprinkler system in North Charleston, according to officials.

Charleston and North Charleston Fire Departments responded just after 11:40 a.m. to the fire at North Central Apartments, 1054 King Street.

It was determined a single fire sprinkler head, located in the kitchen of the apartment, had extinguished a fire on the stove - which began after someone had a medical emergency while cooking. No injuries were reported and fire damage was limited to the stove area with minimal smoke and heat damage within the apartment.

Charleston Fire Department community educator Ryan Kunitzer said in a news release that this is the second time in two weeks that a sprinkler system has extinguished a "growing fire in a multi-tenant occupancy" in the City of Charleston.

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Sprinkler in downtown apartment extinguishes kitchen fire