DerbyBorn wrote in
2.222:

I realise the risks with sprinklers and the very high cost of their
instalations - but surely a simple dry riser to a few strategic jets -
fed by water from the fire brigade could be a fast response solution
where high reach appliances take a long time to be deployed and may
not be high enough.

Imagine a pipe on the roof to act as a big sprinkler - early
deployment would have killed the fire. Cost - some pipes.


I suppose something like the instalation on an Aircraft Carrier Deck