DERRY, N.H. A fire in a garage almost trapped a teenage girl inside an adjoining house after one of her exits was blocked by snow, but a sprinkler head deployed, buying enough time for her to scamper out the other exit to safety, firefighters said.

Firefighters, who had been called by neighbors, arrived Monday evening to find flames engulfing the two-car garage and beginning to spread into the 2 1/2-story wood-frame home in Derry. The garage collapsed with big parts of the roof intact, suppressing the fire below the roof and making it more difficult to put out the flames, firefighters said.

A 14-year-old girl was home at the time of the fire. The home was protected by a sprinkler system, and one sprinkler head between the garage and the home was activated, unleashing water onto the flames and preventing most of the fire from spreading to the house, firefighters said.

The girl was in the home's basement, but the "secondary exit out of the basement was blocked by snow," firefighters said.

The girl, aided by the sprinkler, scrambled out of the basement's primary exit and made it out through the home's front door, firefighters said. Without the sprinkler system, they said, the fire would have blocked her exit.

No injuries were reported in the fire, whose cause hadn't been determined. Firefighters found and rescued a dog, which was uninjured.

The sprinkler system ran out of water while firefighting crews used their hoses. Part of the fire extended into the home's attic and the roof of a porch.

The home's living area was damaged by smoke and water and will be uninhabitable until it's professionally cleaned, firefighters said. The garage was destroyed.

The fire loss, including the garage's contents, was estimated to be $150,000.

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MESA - A fire quickly put out by sprinklers saved residents of a retirement living community in Mesa Monday morning, according to fire officials.

The fire began after flammable material was left on top of a stove in the three-story complex, located near Main Street and Recker Road, according to the Mesa Fire Department. The fire did not spread farther than the kitchen, and was extinguished by an in-house sprinkler system.

Several residents were displaced due to smoke and water damage, the department added. It is unknown how many residents were displaced, but officials know of at least three apartments damaged by the water flow from the sprinkler.

No one was injured in the fire.

Fire officials said the quick suppression of the fire saved the lives of those residing in the complex and the property from suffering major damage.

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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- A library on Arizona State University's Tempe campus is closed due to water damage from a sprinkler system malfunction.

University administrator Bruce Jensen says the Daniel E. Noble Science and Engineering Library's sprinkler system activated at about 5 a.m. Friday and remained on for about an hour.

Jensen says damage is concentrated in the three-story building's atrium but that other areas also are affected.

However, Jensen says it appears that most of the damage is at floor level so there's minimal damage to the library's collection.

Jensen says cause of the malfunction is under investigation and that it's not yet known how long the library will remain closed.

The library houses collections for numerous science and engineer programs and has hundreds of thousands of books, subscriptions, maps and aerial photographs.

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