Running into a burning building

Sometimes, a home sprinkler system will extinguish a fire. Other times, it's there to simply provide more time for emergency personnel to arrive.

Residents of structures without a sprinkler system are usually left to Lady Luck, hoping somebody arrives in time to prevent a small fire from turning into a large disaster. On the night of Dec. 7, 2015, the residents of Cheney's Reno Nugget apartments got lucky.

Cheney Police Department Sgt. Chad Eastep was just three blocks away when he received the 3:15 a.m. call that smoke was coming from a second-floor apartment at the Third Street complex's sou...