GRAND FORKS, ND - An apartment fire that could've ended in tragedy.

Just after 4 a.m. Tuesday morning, Grand Forks firefighters responded to a sprinkler alarm. Captain Kelli Flermoen says there was light smoke in the hallway and police were evacuating tenants when they arrived.

The man had been sleeping. He was checked out by ambulance personnel but not taken to the hospital.

Flermoen says the apartment did not have working smoke alarms and if it hadn't been for the sprinkler system and the closed bedroom door, the fire could've been fatal.

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Source: Bonnie Amistadi, KFGO News Center