- Author
- Isner, M. S.
- Title
- Telephone Exchange Fire, Los Angeles, California, March 15, 1994. Fire Investigation Report.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Report
- Fire Investigation Report, 1994, 36 p.
- Keywords
- telephones | power plants | smoke detectors | electric batteries | power loss | fire risk | fire fighters
- Abstract
- Shortly before 12:47 am on Tuesday, March 15, 1994, an accidental fire occurred in a Pacific Bell telephone exchange interrupting telephone service including E911 service for more than 12 hours. The fire was in a 138 ft x 164 ft, 13-th floor room that contained six power plants used to provide dc power to telephone equipment. The room of fire origin was protected with smoke detectors.