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Downtown fires spur calls for sprinklers

Published 12/31/06


In the aftermath of the latest major Main Street fire, at least one Annapolis alderman wants to force property owners to install sprinklers.

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File photo by Paul W. Gillespie — The Capital This fire last year ripped through three buildings in the 100 block of Main Street in Annapolis. Another fire two weeks ago has renewed calls for sprinkler systems in downtown structures.
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But while Alderwoman Julie Stankivic, I-Ward 6, wants fire-dousing systems in all Historic District commercial buildings, Alderman David Cordle, R-Ward 5, prefers a gradual approach. The two are working on separate bills that could call on businesses and homes across Annapolis to install sprinklers.

The center of the city's picturesque and tourist-drawing Historic District, Main Street has been hit by three significant fires in nine years.

The first blaze in December 1997 destroyed...

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