Source: www.witf.org - Thursday, January 31, 2019
FILE: Firefighters continue to work the scene of a fire at the the Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester, Pa., Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) This story has been updated. (Philadelphia) -- The main sprinkler valve had been turned off before a 2017 five-alarm fire at a Pennsylvania senior nursing and rehabilitation center that left four residents dead and injured two dozen people, federal investigators said Thursday. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosions released the final investigative report into the cause of the huge blaze at Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester, Chester County. The fire likely started near a patio under an overhang at the multi-building facility, investigators said, but they could not determine the exact origin or cause because of the extensive damage. Local officials requested the federal agency's investigative help because of the fire's size and the scope of the damage. The main valve to the internal sprinklers had been switched off in the building where the fire started, investigators said. It couldn't be determined when the valve was turned off or by whom, ATF officials said, but they did not believe the fire was set intentionally. The ATF does not anticipate any criminal charges or any continued investigation specifically into the sprinkler valve, said Charlene Hennessy, a spokeswoman for the bureau in Philadelphia. Investigators
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FILE: Firefighters continue to work the scene of a fire at the the Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester, Pa., Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) This story has been updated. (Philadelphia) -- The main sprinkler valve had been turned off before a 2017 five-alarm fire at a Pennsylvania senior nursing and rehabilitation center that left four residents dead and injured two dozen people, federal investigators said Thursday. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosions released the final investigative report into the cause of the huge blaze at Barclay Friends Senior Living Community in West Chester, Chester County. The fire likely started near a patio under an overhang at the multi-building facility, investigators said, but they could not determine the exact origin or cause because of the extensive damage. Local officials requested the federal agency's investigative help because of the fire's size and the scope of the damage. The main valve to the internal sprinklers had been switched off in the building where the fire started, investigators said. It couldn't be determined when the valve was turned off or by whom, ATF officials said, but they did not believe the fire was set intentionally. The ATF does not anticipate any criminal charges or any continued investigation specifically into the sprinkler valve, said Charlene Hennessy, a spokeswoman for the bureau in Philadelphia. Investigators
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