Hawaii apartment fire News

Sprinklers Coming for Hawaii Building After Fire That Killed 4

A majority of condo owners at the 35-story Marco Polo have voted in favor of retrofitting the building with automated sprinklers several after a deadly fire raged through the building last year, killing four people. Marco Polo condo owner Sam …

Push for Sprinkler Mandates Across U.S. After Honolulu Fire

When Moon Yun Pellerin’s parents bought a 27th-floor apartment in a high-rise overlooking Waikiki about 15 years ago, they didn’t realize the wave-shaped building had no fire sprinklers. “We didn’t even consider it,” Pellerin said. But a week after a …