Condo where fatal fire happened didn’t have sprinklers, alarms didn’t sound (HI)

Gardner said they heard an alarm 20 minutes after seeing the fire, causing a crucial delay for evacuating residents, especially those living on higher floors.  Fire officials said the apartment complex did not have fire sprinklers because it was one of about 300 highrises built before the 1975 city ordinance requiring high-rise buildings to install sprinklers.   Read the article………………………..

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