Fire leads to evacuation in White River Junction

Dan Nott, a 2018 graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies, left, moves computer equipment from the school's Colodny Building space after it was flooded by water from the sprinkler system Thursday, Jan., 2, 2019. The building's sprinklers extinguished a fire in a second-floor apartment that started on a stovetop where a bag of tools had been left. Residents, including a woman at right, who declined to give her name, were evacuated, but permitted to return to their homes later in the afternoon. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Don Ferreira had just arrived to move a carload of belongings into his new apartment in the Colodny Building after signing the lease when he opened the door to find the room on fire in White River Junction, Vt., Thursday, Jan. 2, 2019. Sprinklers extinguished the flames from a bag of tools left on the stove by someone preparing the apartment for Ferreira before they spread. Ferreira filled out a report for fire investigators after residents were permitted to re-enter the building. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.