- Author
-
Best, R.
- Title
- One-Hundred Million Dollar Fire in K Mart Distribution Center--Sprinkler Systems Overwhelmed.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Journal
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Fire Journal,
Vol. 77,
No. 2,
36-42,80,
March 1983
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC
- Keywords
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department stores
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sprinkler systems
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fire spread
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storage
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petroleum
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investigations
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aerosols
- Abstract
- K Mart Corporation's 1.2 million-square-foot Distribution Center in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, was totally destroyed hen a fire involving palletized storage of petroleum-liquid-based aerosol containers overwhelmed the sprinkler systems.