April 1 – Virginia fire officials report that a sprinkler contained a cooking fire in a Virginia public housing building last weekend. The incident was reported on Sunday, March 28, around 1:15 p.m. at Ivy Manor, 201 5th Avenue North. A tenant met arriving firefighters outside the building and said he had a cooking fire that was extinguished by a sprinkler. The sprinkler save was confirmed by the fire department. No injuries were reported and one tenant was displaced. This is the third sprinkler save in two years at the Ivy Manor Complex. The building was retrofitted with sprinklers in January, 2017 as part of a multi-million dollar renovation project.
