Home depot fire in San Jose 1

[Retiredat46]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_XFtUw3CPA

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/crews-battle-fire-at-home-depot-in-south-san-jose/2859472/

Obviously there's a lot of flammable stuff in a Home Depot store, but wouldn't they take that into consideration when designing the building fire protection systems? What could have gone so terribly wrong?

 

[dik]

Problem seems to be getting worse.

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-Dik

 

[dik]

For this to have happened, there has to be a failure of the fire resistant systems.

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-Dik

 

[LCREP]

You are assuming the sprinkler system was designed for the occupancy and no changes had occurred since it was installed in 1977. My take as a firefighter and insurance engineer who evaluates sprinkler systems. The sprinkler was not discharging enough water to control the fire. A very common problem, about 50% of the warehouses I visit sprinkler protection is not adequate because the stock changed but the sprinkler system did not.

 

[Retiredat46]

A news report says the inventory loss at the store was $17 million. That seems low...maybe that's just for the lumber aisle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnxdl2hFU7k

It goes on to say there were code violations in recent years for ceiling clearance, sprinkler system, and fire alarms, but those had been addressed.