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Up In Flames

Number 21213
Subject Fire Departments
Source CBS News 60 Minutes II (New York, NY)
State NY
Year 2003
Publication Date March 5; June 25
Summary Following the disastrous nightclub fire in Warwick, Rhode Island, CBS examines the causes that led to the tragedy. In this story, the question the national fire safety codes that waives the requirement of sprinklers for facilities with fewer than 300 patrons. As part of this investigation, the story also shows how a similar nightclub fire just weeks before the one in Rhode Island, had been contained by a sprinkler system with no loss of life.
Category Contest Entry
Pages 16
Keywords Miami Beach Fire;Jim Shannon;National Fire Protection Association;Jack Chartier
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