Federal Study Of Fatal Charleston Fire Expected By Fall

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.

By: Associated Press | News Channel 7
Published: July 15, 2009

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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

Charleston.

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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