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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Fire At Trafalgar East Contained To Single Apartment

Unlike a large fire at the complex in Feb. 2010, this fire was confined to a single apartment.

A fire Saturday evening at the Trafalgar East apartment complex on Post Road damaged one apartment and sent one person to the hospital, according to EG Fire Chief Peter Henrikson. The call came in at 6:46 p.m. The fire was in an apartment on the first floor of the last building in the complex. According to Henrikson, smoke from the fire reached the smoke detector in the common hallway, activating the fire alarm. The alarm alerted the East Greenwich Fire District and several occupants of the building. The person who lived in the apartment with the fire, however, was still inside the apartment when fire fighters arrived. Fire fighters got the person out and Warwick rescue to the person to Rhode Island Hospital. The fire was contained to that…

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Trafalgar East Renovations Under Way

The portion of the building that survived to be renovated, but the section lost to the fire will not be re-built.

Land once occupied by 24 units at Trafalgar East apartment complex on Post Road before an early morning fire in February of last year is being re-shaped for landscaping and possibly some parking, but the units won’t be re-built. Attaching new construction to the portion of the building that survived the fire isn’t possible, according to Assistant Property Manager Lynn Lallo. The section of the building that was saved is undergoing renovation, and should be ready for occupancy by September.  There are 11 one-bedroom apartments and 6 efficiency units, and the building will also house the office, which is being re-located from the rear of the complex. The first call to 911 on the day of the fire came in at 4:30am and the fire was contained by…

Jonathan

1:30 pm on Monday, August 15, 2011

Another fire??? Was Traflagar in compliance?? Did the fire alarm notify the fire dept or did a phone call notify the fire dept?? have they started working on the sprinkler system that should have been completed a LONG time ago??   more ›

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