The Forge Pond Aparments in Brick were saved from evacuation after the building's sprinkler system activated, dousing a fire.

Investigators say a woman was in a common area kitchen on the first floor of one of the apartment buildings. She tried to use a lighter to burn off a loose thread on her sweater. When the sweater ignited, she tried to put the clothing in a sink, which caught more clothes on fire.

The fire brought under control by the building's sprinkler system before it got out of control. The woman suffered minor burns to her arm, but there were no other injuries.

Responding were the Pioneer Hose, Breton Woods, and Laurelton fire companies, Brick Township police, Brick EMS, the Brick Office of Emergency Management and the Brick Bureau of Fire Safety. An investigator from the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office also responded.

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