Crews used a water extinguisher to fully put out the flames by 1:53 a.m. After shutting off the sprinkler, they searched the apartment to make sure no one was inside. The HFD’s Fire Investigator ...
Both rooms had an artificial Christmas tree, ornaments, wrapped presents, furniture and a newspaper crossword puzzle. One room had a residential fire sprinkler system installed and the other room did ...
However, many older buildings, like the one involved in this tragedy, lack fire sprinkler systems due to grandfather clauses in outdated regulations. This incident underscores the urgent need to ...
With hundreds of schools having a fire each year, the fact that fewer than one in six new schools have a sprinkler system is worrying. Iain Cox from the Business Sprinkler Alliance explains In a month ...
Crews found heavy smoke in Unit 3 where the sprinkler system went off spraying water. The department sent out a second alarm fire to bring additional help from Joint Base Fire Department and ...