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SUMMARY:Super Sofa Fire\, Charleston\, SC (2007)
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DESCRIPTION:The fire occurred at the Sofa Super Store\, which was composed
  of a 42\,000 ft² (3\,902 m²) single-story steel trussed showroom buildi
 ng with a 17\,000 ft² (1\,579 m²) warehouse building located behind the 
 retail space\,[1] located at 1807 Savannah Highway in the West Ashley area
  of Charleston. The building had no fire sprinkler system. The fire starte
 d at approximately 7:00 p.m. in a covered loading dock area built between 
 the showroom and warehouse buildings which was attached to both buildings.
 [2] At the time\, the business was still open and employees were present. 
 Charleston firefighters arrived on the scene just three minutes after the 
 alarm\, followed soon after by firefighters from the St. Andrews Public Se
 rvice District.\nThe initial attack focused on extinguishing the fire in t
 he loading dock area\, with a secondary effort to search for and evacuate 
 civilians\, and to prevent the fire from spreading to the showroom and war
 ehouse. Crews entering the showroom reportedly initially encountered clear
  visibility with only very light puffs of smoke visible near the ceiling a
 t the back of the showroom. Shortly thereafter\, an exterior door was open
 ed near where the fire was raging. Efforts to close the door failed\, allo
 wing the fire to enter the showroom. Firefighters were ordered to stretch 
 two hose lines into the showroom to attack the spreading fire\, however th
 e pre-connected hose line from one of the units was too short\, requiring 
 some firefighters to again exit the building to add additional sections of
  hose and leaving only one small handline to hold back the growing fire. A
 t about this time\, fire dispatchers advised the crews on-scene that they 
 had received a 9-1-1 call from an employee who was trapped in the warehous
 e\, which required some firefighters to direct their attention to the resc
 ue. The trapped employee was eventually rescued by firefighters who breach
 ed an exterior wall to reach him.[3]\nDespite efforts to confine and extin
 guish the fire\, it continued to spread into the structure and ignited fur
 niture in the showroom\, growing more quickly than the few operating hose 
 lines could control before additional water could be applied to the fire\,
  however efforts to stretch and begin operating additional hose lines cont
 inued.[3][4] At 7:41 p.m. the showroom area of the store experienced a fla
 shover while at least sixteen firefighters were still working inside. The 
 flashover contributed to the rapid deterioration of the structural integri
 ty of the building\, leading to a near-complete collapse of the roof just 
 minutes later. Many of the firefighters caught in the flashover were unabl
 e to escape and were trapped under the collapsed roof and shelving weakene
 d by the fast-spreading fire. Several calls for help were made by trapped 
 firefighters and efforts to rescue them were commenced. These efforts prov
 ed unsuccessful. By the time the fire was brought under control\, nine Cha
 rleston firefighters had been killed.\nThe fire started during waning rush
  hour traffic\, and the Sofa Super Store site was on a major business and 
 commuter artery feeding the suburbs and shopping centers of Charleston. Ca
 r traffic continued unabated for many critical minutes in the initial stag
 es of the fire\, driving over water supply lines and contributing to sever
 e water supply problems\, as the supply lines snaked from hydrants in surr
 ounding blocks up to a half-mile away from the center of the fire. Eventua
 lly automobile traffic on Savannah Highway was stopped so that water press
 ure would be more consistent\, the traffic diversion causing the surroundi
 ng neighborhoods to fill with stranded commuters and onlookers. As the fir
 e diminished and appeared contained\, nearing 11:00 PM\, surrounding neigh
 borhoods began to clear and onlookers went home\, most unaware of the loss
  of life during the blaze.\nAccording to Charleston County Coroner Rae Woo
 ten\, the firefighters died of a combination of smoke inhalation and burns
 \, but not from injuries sustained from the collapse itself.[5] It was the
  greatest single loss of firefighters in the United States since 343 firef
 ighters were lost in the collapse of the World Trade Center which resulted
  from the terrorist attacks of September 11\, 2001. It was also the deadli
 est fire in the state of South Carolina since 11 people died in a blaze at
  the Lancaster County jail in 1979.\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports
 /face200718.html\n
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