- Author
- Isner, M. S. | Bielen, R. P.
- Title
- Bulk Retail Store Fire, Albany, GA, April 16, 1996. NFPA Fire Investigation Report.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Report
- NFPA Fire Investigations Report, 1997, 35 p.
- Keywords
- fire investigations | building fires | fire spread | fire growth | smoke | fire protection | egress | training | weather effects | fire codes
- Identifiers
- home improvement products
- Abstract
- At approximately 11:21 a.m. on Tuesday, April 16, 1996, a fire occurred at a fully sprinklered bulk retail store in Albany, Georgia. Arriving fire fighters found the fire beginning to vent through the roof and through an area where the walls had begun to separate. Despite the fire fighters' efforts, the rapidly growing fire spread through the entire building, destroying it and all the merchandise inside. At the time of this report, the loss had been estimated at 9 million dollars (U.S.). This facility was a bulk retail store providing home improvement products such as lumber, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, tools, garden supplies, etc. Oxidizers in the form of pool chemicals were among the many products sold by this bulk retailer.