Federal Study Of Fatal Charleston Fire Expected By Fall
Mary Lu Saylor
A federal study of a blaze that killed nine firefighters in a South Carolina city two years ago is expected to released by early fall.
Published: July 15, 2009
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - A federal study of a blaze that killed
nine firefighters in a South Carolina city two years ago is
expected to released by early fall.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is studying
the June 2007 blaze which gutted the Sofa Super Store in
The agency is using computer modeling to determine why the fire
spread so quickly, why the building collapsed and whether
sprinklers could have saved lives.
Agency spokesman Michael Newman says most of the research and
computer modeling is done and researchers are now working on their
report. There's no definite release date, but Newman says it could
be six to 12 weeks.
The institute also studied fires at the World Trade Center and a
2003 Rhode Island nightclub blaze that killed 100 people.
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