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Originally Posted by Rizzo
Just read that individual units didn’t have sprinklers, but another article said the building had a system so maybe only in the corridors. Smoke detector in the unit wasn’t working, so it was too late.
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I’m not so sure a smoke detector would have fully worked in this case. Especially a cheap ionization detector which can’t detect smoldering fires well.
The senior citizen who died was smoking cigarettes in bed when the fire started.
Fortunately, the interiors were non-combustible enough to slow the fire for emergency responders to help the neighbors.
When all else fails, construction quality is the last line of defense.