in what way L.A.'s worst high-rise ...
in what way L.A.'s worst high-rise fire spread An absence of sprinklers was sole one of several factors feeding the First Interstate Tower blaze After the last briefcase snapped coop up for the day, and its 5500 employee poured onto the public ways of Los Angeles, the 62-story First Interstate Tower relaxed into its usual nocturnal cease last May 4. Inside, a scattered cleaning party of 50 went about emptying ash trays and wastebaskets while, forward the office building's 58th floor, a sprinkler contractor's crowd proceeded with the final touches in succession an 18-month-long retrofit. Sometime near
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