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Warehouses, served by increasingly powerful automated materials-handling equipment, are steadily getting taller, posing new fire risks and stressing traditional fire protection systems like heat-triggered ceiling sprinklers. FM Global, a global commercial property insurer, has pioneered research on next-generation sprinklers that, …

Fire officials restored all the fire protection systems at four Lake Tahoe, Nev., casinos after sub-zero temperatures caused pipes to freeze and break at each of the high rises on Tahoe’s south shore and the bitter cold that has gripped …