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Council panel defers measure on sprinklers in high-rises

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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / JULY 14

Bill 69, introduced on behalf of Mayor Kirk Caldwell last month after the Marco Polo condominium fire that left three dead and damaged about a third of the building’s 568 units, would require residential buildings on Oahu to be retrofitted with sprinkler systems within five years.

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BRUCE ASATO / BASATO@STARADVERTISER.COM

“It appears, based on the input we received from the fire chief and the representatives of the Fire Department, not all buildings would have to be retrofitted within a five-year period.”

Ron Menor

City Council chairman