BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//chikkutakku.com//RDFCal 1.0//EN X-WR-CALDESC:GoogleカレンダーやiCalendar形式情報を共有シェ アしましょう。近所のイベントから全国のイベントま で今日のイベント検索やスケジュールを決めるならち っくたっく X-WR-CALNAME:ちっくたっく X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Super Sofa Fire\, Charleston\, SC (2007) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250618T040000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250619T040000Z UID:127640464718 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 LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR