Sprinkler douses Uptown East apartment fire; resident suffers burns, cat rescued

Sprinkler douses Uptown East apartment fire; resident suffers burns, cat rescued

A resident of the Uptown East apartments suffered burns after a couch fire, which was partially doused by an activated sprinkler on Thursday afternoon, according to a release from the Valparaiso Fire Department. The department was called around 12:09 p.m. on Jan. 9 to 1405 Laporte Avenue for an alarm activation, according to the release. First responders arriving at the scene investigated the cause of the alarm and the maintenance staff told fir…