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I .. FIRE e s lnvestio . tors discovered that the fire ' ll 'x ,y,a started on the floor of the market ! , ',Obi 0444 between the cash registers and a reGhg a +' grunionant near the wall that t b separated the supermarket and auto mobile shop.They determined that a tit malfunction in the electrical vmnng caused the fire, which heavily danr • aged the supermarket. the church,and the automobile shop. Smoke and heat damaged all the other occupancies to t • sonic extent. Damage to the building and its cow tents was estimated at$500.000 and $606 000.respectively. Three firefight- ers suffered stress-related injuries. STORAGE vv _ rhs c..a a a , r. tl Nh';s lir1,1 J xas 1 i,red Fire destroys li ty ti :Sg(? eeer 1.1 r.htad ra 1 .n a .,,ar: t 'n,o-s. r: tmmn aircraft hangar CALIFORNLA—A metal aircraft hangar containing a fixed-wing plane mineral nil as a coolant_A heat detection market approximately 15 minutes after and'a %rider was destroyed when heat system:mil an opemnozzlc. pre-action the owner locked up for the evening from a fire caused it to collapse. The deluge water system monitored be the lrea d damaged the uarket and reveal fire m n h ne been 1 a roan fim some main sumo) room protected die facility, athu businesses m a strip mtdl. nine when a passer v discovered it. The phut was operating at full capaeitq The single-stun'-mead-fame mall since the building had no lire-detection Mien the Ire occurred. building contained 10 storms of various Or-suppression systeme. Tie heat-detection system activated sizes and types in an area of 2I(MU) Built on a slab foundation. the single- at 8:10 p.m„and the control room square feet (2.230 square meterv-The story steel-fame hangar had metal alerted the plant fire brigade and the structure, built on a concrete .slab. had walls. a metal roof.and partition walls local fire department. Using foam. the wroud and light metal walls:mil a flat. that divided the building into several lire brigade brought die blaze under stc Lnuss roof covered with nulled sections that e alid be sublet. Howes et. lcontrol in about 35 minutes-The local rooting.These were no smoke deter- the wails didn't extend to the ceiling. _5 fire department also responded but tors or lire sprinklers, Responding to a 911 call at 7:10 didn't participate in the firefighting. A driver for a pizza store. die only p.m., fire crews arcked seven minutes The plant activated its emergency mall business still operating drat night, later to find the building well involved a plan-notifying the necessary authuri: discovered a small fire along the wall in Eve. its metal walls gloving red - I tics that the transformers safety of the store as he remnted from a run from die heat and flames venting features find functioned as designed and called 911 to report it. The super- through the roof. The incident com- aand automatically shut dmru the tor- market's owner had just closed the mander called several other fire a bine mid reactor. store. turned off the exterior lights and departments to help extinguish the 4 Property damage was estimated at some interior breakers, and set die fire,het the hangar and its contents ri SI million. A 40 rear-old security burglar alarm be >re leaving at were destroyed. • guard was injured when he fell.and approximately 8 56 p.m. Investigators determined that the • he suffered from smoke inhalation, Firefighters found the supermarket fire started under a wood-frame mez j j heavily involved in fire. which was zmilne in the hangar.but they were su spreading to an automobile custonuz- unable to locate the ignition source. MERCANTILE ing shop,a church,a barbershop. a Losses were estimated at 5100.000 for f File damages mall restaurant. the pizza shop,a beauty the building and 5500.000 for its con- TEXAS—A fire that started in a super salon. and two vacant stores, tents. There were no injuries.‘ YI PAJOIR4aOki NFPA JOURNAL JANLMN 17