Sprinklers, smoke detectors, and staff credited for saving lives in Coventry fire Thursday

Sprinklers, smoke detectors, and staff credited for saving lives in Coventry fire Thursday

Coventry, RI – A nurse at a Rhode Island rehabilitation facility used a fire extinguisher to help put out a fire and get her patients out of the room where the fire started. “Whatever she did there, probably saved some lives,” Timothy McLaughlin, RI Fire Marshall, said. The building’s sprinklers, alarm system and staff are also credited with saving lives. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

WJAR NBC10 (Cranston, RI)

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