In article ,
Oren wrote:

On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:23:51 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

Kurt Ullman wrote:

As of three years ago there had NEVER been a fatality reported in a
fire with a functional sprinkler system.

Uh, both World Trade towers had sprinklers.


I'm almost sure the Oklahoma City Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
had sprinkler units.

I'd have to dig out my copy of the report, but all the fatalities
were from the blast and (mostly) collapse, IIRC. I don't recall there
being any fire or if it was it was very small.


After the MGM fire circa '87, 74 souls lost, Las Vegas became a
leader in mandatory sprinkler system for high rises.

A couple of years later the International Association of Arson
Investigators met in LV and went over that in really great detail. The
HQ hotel was the Bally (earlier the MGM). It was strange sitting right
next to where the fire blew out the front door like a blo wtorch.

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