Parker, 89, and her husband, Thomas F. The Inquirer and Daily News reported last month that the sprinkler system had multiple design flaws that could have reduced its effectiveness in slowing the blaze. Donald Vess, the designer of the system, has acknowledged mistakes in his plans but said the errors were "typos" of little consequence.
Other experts said they raised concerns. Andrew Duffy, with the Mongeluzzi firm, which filed a lawsuit late last month on behalf of the Malloy family, said none of the fleeing residents of the home saw any evidence that the sprinklers were working. In late December, Seneca inspected the warning system, known as a "tamper switch," which sits below the valve.
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The video, reviewed by the Inquirer and Daily News, shows that the switch provided erratic readings, signaling that the valve was open even when it was closed. In recent interviews, John H.
Of perhaps 30 inspections in the last 18 months, he said, water was turned off in three systems. According to Morley, a key test during inspections calls for turning off the valve briefly, and workers simply forget to turn the valve back on. Morley had another observation.
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In inspections, he said, it is even more common to find the warning systems inoperable. In an interview, Larry Elveru, spokesman for Kendal Corp. After saying he wanted to double-check those facts, Elveru declined further comment, citing the ongoing investigations. He could not be reached Monday. Roo marked it as to-read Jul 20, Maricar Manipol marked it as to-read Sep 18, Kate marked it as to-read Sep 27, Charlotte added it Jan 17, Nush marked it as to-read May 06, Suya added it May 26, Ciaran McNamee added it Jul 17, Lindsey Hillman added it Aug 29, James added it Sep 03, Kirstin is currently reading it Sep 03, Jon Dale marked it as to-read Sep 13, Janet Martin added it Jan 19, Kevin marked it as to-read Jun 29, Jungolink marked it as to-read Nov 06, Gary Vassallo added it Nov 15, Sara-Jayne Price rated it really liked it Dec 10, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
A former actor, theatre-director and drama teacher, Deary says he began writing when he was Most famously, he is one of the authors of the Horrible Histories series of books popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and humorous pictures and among adults for getting children interested in history.
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Books in the series have been widely translated into other languages A former actor, theatre-director and drama teacher, Deary says he began writing when he was Books in the series have been widely translated into other languages and imitated. A cartoon series has been made of the series of books and was shown on CiTV for a period in The first series of a live-action comedy sketch show of the same name was shown on CBBC in and a second series is due.
Terry is also known widely throughout children and adult reading groups alike for his True Stories series see below for series list. Other books in the series.
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With communications problems dragging on, the practice countdown was held. Deke Slayton, who oversaw crew selections at NASA and was present for the test, could see white flames in a closed-circuit television monitor pointing toward the spacecraft. The crew struggled to get out. Technicians raced to the scene, trying to fight the fire with extinguishers amid faulty breathing masks.
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Apollo 1 Remembered — Report from the Archives ]. A NASA review board found a stray spark probably from damaged wires near Grissom's couch started the fire in the pure oxygen environment. Fed by flammable features such as nylon netting and foam pads, the blaze quickly spread. How the Apollo 1 Fire Happened ]. Further, the hatch door — intended to keep the astronauts and the atmosphere securely inside the spacecraft — turned out to be too tough to open under the unfortunate circumstances.
The astronauts had struggled in vain to open the door during the fire, but the pressure inside the spacecraft sealed the door and made it impossible to open. Several changes were made to the design of the Apollo spacecraft to improve crew safety. The flammable oxygen environment for ground tests was replaced with a nitrogen-oxygen mix.
Flammable items were removed. A new respect developed between the astronauts and the contractors concerning design changes, which were implemented more effectively. Most notably, the door was completely redesigned so that it would open in mere seconds when the crew needed to get out in a hurry. It also honors the Challenger and Columbia crews, who died in and , respectively.