Authorities said fire crews were called to the 200 block of Winterborn Lane in Salisbury just before 8:30 a.m. for a report of a fire in a two-story five unit apartment building. When firefighters from the Salisbury Fire Department and the Fruitland Volunteer Fire Company arrived they found the fire was already extinguished in the child’s bedroom.
Fire Marshals investigating the scene concluded that the child had been playing with matches and set a bed on fire. Working smoke alarms alerted the parents to the blaze and they were able to escape with the child and warn neighbors. A sprinkler in the child’s bedroom put out the fire.
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Had he been composing a moving letter sharing his knowledge and opposition to automatic weaponry in the hands of responsible citizens to Marty or Nancy, this never would have happened.
ReplyDeleteMatches are to freely laying around. Permits or some kind of control needs to be placed on them. Matches have no Government instructions on them telling us how to live safely.
ReplyDeleteSee with the approval of installing sprinkler systems in all occupancies you can reduce the need for paid firefighters thus saving millions of dollars a year.
ReplyDeleteOur county opted out of requring sprinklers in our local building codes. They felt like it would make homes cost more and it was not really needed anyway.
ReplyDeleteThats gotta be a volunteer.
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