| 1 day 15 hours 47 min ago Report: Lack of water cited for fatal Charleston blaze
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A federal report on a furniture store
blaze that killed nine Charleston firefighters almost a year ago
says crews responding never had enough water.
The draft report from the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health released late Thursday says firefighters had too
few hoses and not enough water volume.
The draft is one of several federal and city reports being
issued on the fatal blaze and it sheds more light on the confusion
that enveloped the Sofa Super Store on June 18 as the inferno
spread.
The report includes details of what happened to the
firefighters. Two of them found a pair of comrades in the
smoke-filled showroom but lost contact as gases and combustible
materials in the furniture store erupted in flames that filled the
building.
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