Fire Inside TPC Clubhouse Started by Laundry Hamper | News

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Nobody was in the TPC Clubhouse this morning when the fire alarm sounded, but firefighters found the culprit.

According to St. Johns County Fire Rescue spokesman Jeremy Robshaw, the fire alarm rang at about 2:45 a.m.

Firefighters initially found no sign of fire or smoke, but after a quick search they spotted smoke coming under the door of a banquet storage room, Robshaw said.

In the room was heavy smoke, but no fire, and the sprinkler system had activated.

The fire appears to have started in a laundry bin, firefighters believe, and was extinguished by the sprinkler system.

The firefighters removed the bin from the room and began working to clear the smoke and water from the area.

Robshaw said there is "very limited" structural damage since the fire was contained to a laundry bin and the sprinkler system worked properly, but there is about $15,000 in water damage.

The cause so far is listed as accidental.